Glasgow musician Alec Cheer, also known as Cheer, makes music that feels both intimate and expansive. His work floats between various genres but is rooted in guitar, piano, and field recordings. Loops, textures, and layered atmospheres that flow together to create sound worlds that are reflective, dreamlike, and quietly transformative.

Since the early 2000s, Cheer has released a steady stream of albums and EPs on independent labels such as Benbecula, Apollolaan, Drifting Falling, and At War With False Noise, as well as through his own imprint, Macrowhisker. His 2015 record Low Summer Sunlight on Water captures his delicate piano-led style against the backdrop of environmental recording, while a sharp contrast to this is his 2018 score for Night Kaleidoscope (Trunk Records) that highlights his talent for building immersive, cinematic atmospheres. With each release, he continues to refine an approach that favours mood and memory over spectacle — music that lingers long after the last note fades.

"Glasgow based Alec Cheer has been active as a solo artist under the name Cheer since 2001 and has released a hefty volume of work on labels such as Benbecula Records, Trunk Records, Drifting Falling, Apollolaan, At War With False Noise and his own Macrowhisker label. A multi-instrumentalist of sorts, with guitar his preferred weapon of choice, Cheer has opened for the likes of Grouper, Julianna Barwick, Six Organs of Admittance, RM Hubbert, and Richard Dawson to name but a few." - Braw Gigs