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Cat-No:bec5161740
Release-Date:03.02.2014
Genre:Pop
Configuration:2x12" Excl
Barcode:5060281617408
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Cat-No:bec5161740
Release-Date:03.02.2014
Genre:Pop
Configuration:2x12" Excl
Barcode:5060281617408
Territories EUROPE EXCL FRANCE & UK . UPC: 5060281617408 Release: 03.02.2014
2LP in gatefold with printed inner-sleeves + CD
Tracklist LP :
A1. SPRING TO COME / A2. LIVIN' IN THE CITY / A3. COLD WIND / A4. BULLET GIRL
B1. DEVIL WOMAN / B2. BLAME IT ON ME / B3. ONLY ONE / B4. YOUNG AND WILD
C1. WINGS ARE WIDE / C2. HOW YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT / C3. YOU'RE FREE
ACOUSTIC VERSIONS :
D1. YOUNG AND WILD / D2. SPRING TO COME / D3. ONLY ONE / D4. LIVIN' IN THE CITY
Born in California and of mixed Australian, Greek and Bulgarian ancestry, Butler began his musical career in classic if tentative style. The narrative arc is well-known Down Under. An art-school dropout, he was 'discovered' (although in truth his career was already taking off) busking in 1996, bystanders marvelling at 'the sweat flying off his brow' and 'the holy madness in his eyes'. The tape of these early compositional soundscapes (Searching for Heritage) gave an inkling of where Butler was going, reaching as it did both forwards and backwards in time, conversant with all genres and yet somehow defining its own. The sound had, and still has, elements of folk, funk, reggae and rock all drizzled through the 90s Seattle sensibility of Cobain and Vedder. Behind all that there was a wistful Celtic ambience surreally counterpointed by a Jamaican roots/rudeboy vibe. What could have been a mess somehow made perfect sense, with the bluegrass fingerpicking, hip hop beats and psychedelic wig-outs proving not uneasy bedfellows but perfect complements.
The new album has songs that are less expansive and more 'reined in', but the playing is all the more impressive for being more tightly corralled. Less sometimes really is more.


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