AS Reverend And The Makers gear up to oust a second salvo of musical parables later this year the big man with the mic reckons he's doing things a little differently this time.
"I was getting a bit uptight and then I chilled out," admits Jon, confronted by his busiest festival season yet.
"I was just feeling a bit stressy and there were no reason for it so I decided to make a few changes in my life. I feel amazing now. I feel dead relaxed, so it's good."
Not that this state of relaxation is likely to last. Having compounded his reputation - and won over a few more chavs - at Glastonbury the former Boardwalk barman turned indie bard is well up the bill of this year's V festival next month with the likes of fellow city chaps Little Man Tate and Richard Hawley, plus Ibiza Rocks, Get Loaded and others.
Somewhere in between the studio will get a look in.
"We're on with the second album and I'm working on another album with a band called Mongrel which is a pop supergroup kind of thing.
"That's going to be out in October and we've got a (Reverend) single coming out in September before that called Silence Is Talking."
The sequel to State Of Things has been confirmed as French Kiss In The Chaos and comes with another blast of McClure philosophy. "It's filled with the idea that Armageddon in some form is imminent and now we're like sleep walking us way into it.
"Look at climate change and the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan and the complete lack of any protest among the public or musicians.
"Society's unbelievably apathetic and we're becoming increasingly desensitised to everything we see."
Among issues bugging the big fella is the BNP securing two seats in Rotherham - Jon and other musicians are staging an anti racism show at Magna on September 6.
"What Britain stands for is freedom of speech, democracy, liberty and equality - an unbelievably fair system but by voting for people filled with hatred they're actually throwing the country to lions.
"They should think what they are actually doing and saying because it ain't Asians taking the jobs - it's a speculative greed and now it's coming full circle and affecting everybody else. People have got to stop being swayed by magazines they read. Or what newspapers tell them. Don't believe what you hear. Go out and find it for yourself."
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