Smithereen is a UK based label, mgmt company and consultancy. Smithereen also runs the new discovery festival, City Sounds Festival in Chichester, UK, which showcases over 50 grassroots acts.

As an artist and writer, Chris has played sold out shows all over the world and opened on tour for artists including Sir Tom Jones, Simply Red, Paloma Faith, Passenger, James Bay, Jackson Browne, Suzanne Vega, Gaz Coombes and many others, as well as writing songs with a number of acts ranging from Royal Blood and Yungblud through to Travis and Squeeze.