Claybrook is “like a sad, acoustic Radiohead.” Stephen Claybrook is an independent singer songwriter and recording artist from Apex, NC. At home in folk, singer/songwriter, indie pop, Americana-ish genres, the live full band experience tends to veer outside traditional 4/4 rhythms and folk song forms into more experimental places a la Wilco, Radiohead and Sufjan Stevens. What started out in 2012 as a project for Claybrook to mine the murky feelings-suppressed interior of a weary mega-church worship leader, is steady developing into a freer and lighter celebration of a small band of humans receiving and transmitting both consonant and dissonant sound waves. Claybrook’s debut EP, On The Inside, charted on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart next to heroes like Foy Vance and Amos Lee. In 2017, Claybrook released Mind The Silverware, featuring kitchen-sink production from Dale Baker, as well as notable contributions from fellow NC musicians Chris Stamey of the DBs, Taylor Leonhardt, and David Wimbish of The Collection. Summer 2024 saw the release of Claybrook’s 3rd EP entitled Gone For The Weekend.