Introducing The Clause...

The Clause are a 4-piece alternative group from Birmingham founded by school friends Pearce Macca (front man), Niall Fennell (drummer) and Jonny Fyffe (bassist), later joined by Liam Deakin (guitarist) at the start of 2016 to complete the lineup. Described as having a 60’s swagger with an 80’s groove and a 90’s attack, they still take inspiration from the big choruses in current Indie Rock records.

With a handful of singles under their name hailing at around 500,000 hundred thousand streams across all platforms, a string of hometown sell outs including the Institute 2 to a sellout crowd of 550 fans, The Clause pride themselves on their large success, having released all songs independently, with no large radio play, festival slots, sponsors, Label, Agent or Manager.

After selling out their hometown intimate show, where 150 tickets flew out in just short of 2 days, they embarked on a debut headline tour of 4 dates, selling out in Sheffield, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham with the majority being self-promoted.

What people are saying about The Clause...

Counteract (Pigeon Detectives Support) “Young band The Clause kicked the evening off at a relatively early 6.30pm. There is obviously a lot of buzz around this band at the minute, with a respectable queue snaking out the O2 Institute’s door and down Digbeth High Street at 6pm.”

BBC INTRODUCING WM Jack Parker “I saw The Clause for the first time on Friday, and I was really impressed”.

Sean Myles (Reviewer / Photographer) “Listen to them for the first time at Broadcast during this gig and they were absolutely immense Live”

Birmingham Review (First act on a 5 band bill at the Castle & Falcon) “The Clause were the first band of the night, and for me they were the biggest highlight. Distinctive, original, playful”

Gigslutz “Birmingham’s brightest new band”

Counteract (o2 Institute 2 Headline) "The O2 Institute2 is a huge venture for any local band and to sell it out is a huge achievement for this lot...you see the potential for them to be sharing the stage with bigger artists, be that Miles Kane, The Sherlocks or The Courteeners"

A life of music rocks blog (Manchester, Jimmy's Headline) The lads also played as some new tracks which were even better than their current songs and showing a growth in their own (very mixed) sound. I loved it!