Edinburgh-based Singer-Songwriter and Artist. Born 1974. Withered Hand is closely associated with fellow Edinburgh residents Enfant Bastard and Meursault and the creative DIY movement known as the Fence Collective.

Withered Hand collaborated with King Creosote for his second EP, on Fence Records, and then released an acclaimed debut album Good News, produced by Kramer (Low, Daniel Johnston, Galaxie 500) on SL Records in September 2009, and subsequently on his own imprint Brother & Dad. Good News is being released in the USA on Californian indie Absolutely Kosher Records in March 2011.