Josh McClorey is a Cavan, Ireland based musician, best known as the former guitarist, occasional lead singer and primary lyricist of Cavan rock'n'roll band The Strypes from 2010 to their dissolution in 2018.

As a member of the Strypes, McClorey enjoyed widespread success, with two Irish Top 3 albums: 2013’s Snapshot (#2) and 2015’s Little Victories (#1), as well as numerous world tours which saw the band travel across Europe, the USA and Japan. They also rubbed shoulders with the likes of Elton John, Paul Weller and the Gallagher brothers.

In late 2018, however, the band called it a day after they felt that they were being pressurised by their label to change aspects of themselves which they thought shouldn’t be changed. As a result, McClorey, who was looking for an opportunity to record in some more varied music styles, said his goodbyes to fellow bandmates Pete o'Hanlon, Evan Walsh and Ross Farrelly (who would go on to form their own band The Zen Arcade) and went out on his own.

In 2020, McClorey released his first post-strypes single “Crazy”, produced by former Strypes producer Charlie Russell. He followed it up with his biggest single to date, “Everything Was Easy”. To close out 2020, he released “Puffin' Clovers”.