ABOUT

Clio Renner is a Naarm/Melbourne-based keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter whose expansive, genre-fluid musicianship has made her one of Australia’s most in-demand session players. Moving seamlessly between pop, indie, rock and experimental worlds, she brings musical depth, instinct and feel to every stage and studio she steps into.

She has performed and recorded with a roll-call of acclaimed Australian and international artists including Angus & Julia Stone, Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, Remi Wolf, G Flip, Bob Evans, Alex Lahey, Killing Heidi, Tim Rogers, WILSN and Olympia. For over a decade, she has been a key member of the beloved RocKwiz house band, cementing her reputation as a versatile and trusted musical collaborator.

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Alongside her session career, Clio has built a distinctive solo catalogue. Following her 2018 EP Something Left to Leave Behind, she released her debut album Nothing Breaks, Nothing Mends in 2020, which received widespread praise, including Album of the Week from The AU Review, and recognition as a finalist in the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition. Her sophomore album, Don’t Hurry the Dance (released February 2025), expands her sonic world even further, a collection of lush, prog-pop islands that are intricate, playful and emotionally resonant.

A graduate of the VCA/University of Melbourne’s improvisation degree (2012), Clio’s formal training underpins her cross-genre fluency and collaborative sensitivity. Across her solo work and collaborations alike, her voice, as a player, writer and artist, is unmistakably her own.

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Clio’s reputation as a world-class musician already precedes her… this is the work of an incredibly accomplished songwriter and composer-  Paul Dempsey

 

 

I believe her now, I’ll still believe her tomorrow... and in the world where

everything so brief and meaningless, she stands out amongst the crowd! – Kate Cebrano

 

 

A star whose intelligence runs bewitchingly with

her powers. Watch her rise. Tim Rogers

 

There is an effortlessness… Clio’s vocals float across rich and dynamic textures,with challenging structures and arrangements presented with a sense of simplicity and ease - Tom Iansek (Big Scary)

 

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