REVEREND & THE MAKERS have shared the video for their new single ‘UFO’. Shot around Bristol and Bath, it features Jon and Laura McClure riding Vespa’s through the English countryside, culminating in the couple dancing in a crop circle. Alongside the video comes the announcement that, due to overwhelming demand, the Sheffield six-piece have added six new dates to their Old Socials Clubs Tour which has completely sold out.
The tour, now comprising 13 dates, will see Reverend & The Makers embark on an underplay tour of intimate venues in November and December, including Blackwood Miner’s Institute on the 20th November.
Tickets for the new dates will go on pre-sale on Wednesday 29th October and general sale on Friday 31st October. Get them HERE.
A groovy, sceptic’s rumination on our fixation with alien life, featuring gorgeous trumpets from Laura McClure, ‘UFO’ is the third single to be unveiled from the Sheffield 5-piece’s eighth studio album, ‘Is This How Happiness Feels’, which is set for release on April 24th, 2026. This new single comes hot on the heels of Reverend & The Makers biggest headline show to date at Rock N Roll Circus in Sheffield, where the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with a triumphant homecoming performance for 30,000 fans at Don Valley Bowl.
Speaking about new single ‘UFO’, frontman Jon McClure told us….
“I used to think UFO types were barmy. But maybe they’re not. Nobody knows, do they really? What is for certain is that if aliens do come, we should sort our shit out here on earth beforehand.”
‘UFO’ is the third single to be shared from Reverend & The Makers forthcoming studio album ‘Is This How Happiness Feels’, following previous releases ‘Late Night Phone Call’ and the irresistible summer anthem ‘Haircut’, which featured a duet with Jon and Vicky McClure. The two pals, who co-founded Day Disco, were interviewed and performed together on BBC’s The One Show. Jon McClure was also a sofa guest on BBC Breakfast, which saw ‘Haircut’ soar to no.1 position on iTunes.
‘Is This How Happiness Feels’ was produced by Danny Lafrombé and Jon McClure and is the follow up to Reverend & The Makers Top 10 album ‘Heatwave In The Cold North’. The Sheffield quintet’s eagerly awaited new album is their most musically accomplished yet, merging vintage, sparkling, life-affirming soul with contemporary lyrical storytelling.
John said……
“This album has been a labour of love owing to personal reasons but has emerged as a joyous triumph.
It’s easily the best thing we’ve ever done and will surprise a few people too.”
Reverend & The Makers’ seventh studio album, ‘Heatwave In The Cold North,’ hit No. 6 on the Official Charts in 2023, giving the band a remarkable unbroken streak of seven Top 20 albums to their name. This marked their first Top 10 album since their 2007 debut, ‘The State of Things,’ which reached No. 5, and also delivered their biggest single in over a decade.
Reverend & The Makers are: Jon McClure (lead singer), Ed Cosens (guitar), Laura McClure (keys/vocals), Antonia Pooles (bass), Ryan Jenkinson (drums).
The band get to Blackwood Miner’s Institute on the 20th November. Tickets for the new dates will go on pre-sale on Wednesday 29th October and general sale on Friday 31st October. Get them HERE.
