Never resting on their laurels and constantly striving to challenge perceptions of the band, Reverend

and the Makers have become one of the enduring and great survivors of the British music scene.

With a career spanning two decades Jon McClure and his collective of musicians burst onto the scene

with their Top 5 charting debut album, ‘The State of Things’. The album spawned the UK top 10 single

“Heavyweight Champion of the World”. The five albums since have seen the band move through

several incarnations, sounds and line ups and experience all the highs, and most of the lows, that the

music industry has to offer. Each album has reached the Top 20 of the UK album charts, an

impressive unbroken run of six albums. These albums have seen them cut across a creative

spectrum, ranging from collective efforts to the frontman’s singular visions. Instead, The Makers is

more a sobriquet, a statement of intent, a commitment and a guiding principle that has seen

McClure consistently strive to build, innovate and grow musically and artistically. The Reverend’s

story is one of the great survival stories of the music industry as charisma, talent, defiance and sheer

willpower sees the band start a new chapter reenergized and raring to go. With a point to prove,

with ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’, Reverend And The Makers set about the task in hand armed to

the teeth with an arsenal of their biggest, best and most accessible and ambitious songs to date.