Pete Greenwood is a British singer-songwriter from Morley in Leeds, born on 23 June 1980. He works in folk, acoustic, indie folk and blues-influenced songwriting, and is known for his debut album Sirens as well as his work with the bands The Loose Salute and The See See.

Early life and training

Greenwood starts out playing guitar in pubs in South London, where he also begins singing. He then studies music at Goldsmiths, University of London. There, his professor Pete Astor encourages him, and he writes his first two songs, “Any Given Day” and “Bats Over Barstow”.

Recordings and releases

Mojave 3 invites Greenwood on tour, and he later returns with a record deal with Heavenly Recordings. That leads to Sirens, his debut album, which receives four stars and Uncut magazine’s Debut of the Month for August 2008, and also appears in Uncut’s Top 50 albums of 2008.

Greenwood later records a follow-up album, Beauceron. After recording it, he suffers a severe hand injury and steps away from professional performance for 18 months. He returns to live work in 2015 with “Me And Molly”, his first official single, which is taken from Beauceron. He also releases “The 88” as a limited-edition split 7-inch single with Doves.

Bands and collaborations

Greenwood performs with country rock band The Loose Salute and later joins The See See, a London-based psychedelic pop supergroup. The See See are handpicked to support The Raconteurs and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He also tours with Mojave 3 and Starsailor, and performs across the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan and Europe.

Critical recognition

“The 88” is included by Noel Gallagher in his Perfect Playlists for Q magazine in 2013, where he names it his Song of the Year and says he wishes he had written it.