[2] After playing for a decade in Brooklyn, New York in the indie rock scene, he was signed to ECR Music Group in 2008.

[3] He began attending the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin in 1994, where he majored in music performance.

People involved in the internship included executives Rick Krim and Evan Lamberg at EMI, Don Henley, Tom Freston of MTV, and John Sykes of VH1, who started the Save The Music Foundation.

[9] Cloyd, who lived with his wife in a tiny apartment in Brooklyn's Sunset Park,[1] had no excess funds for studio time.

They had also shared band members in earlier groups, including Konrad Meissner, who now plays with Matt Nathanson.

"[3] In October 2009, he was selected as the winner of the "Artvoice Battle of Original Music" by Art Voice, where he competed against the Bear Exchange.

[2] Also, "The often densely layered music has echoes of the Beatles, Matthew Sweet and Elliott Smith, and stylistically sits comfortably among the work of contemporaries like Rufus Wainwright, Duncan Sheik and Kevin Tihista’s Red Terror.

"[2] eMusic wrote "Having recently departed New York City for Buffalo, you can almost hear the isolation in David Cloyd's debut.

jumps between folky, Jeff Buckley-esque ballads, minor-key raucous indie-guitar workouts and, errr, a Radiohead cover (that's actually quite great!).

"[13] Melodic.net gave it 4/4 stars and wrote "New talent David Cloyd...offers a stylish and at times complex pop journey.

With floating melodies built with acoustic elements and technical details... if you like cool pop in a slightly odd and very personal style, this is a must album.