Yet more australian music.......I had heard of the John Butler Trio in years gone bye (apparently that’s how you talk when you hit your late twenties), the song Betterman was popular and came out in the mid naughties. I happened to be in HMV when I was back home and noticed their new album, April Uprising, so I had to buy it, it's a great album and definitely worth a listen. It was interesting to read that one of the Amazon reviewers had stated that these guys where like the ‘Australian Dave Matthews Band’, I would have to say they definitely aren’t, but despite these falsities, the band have at least opened up for the DMB whilst the ‘kings’ of diversity were on tour and they do make exceedingly good music.
It is hard to classify the John Butler Trio into a particular musical genre, the Dobro isn’t that widely used in mainstream rock and pop, but throughout this album you can definitely hear a little bit celtic-folky-bluesy-rocky-pop going on. So if that sounds like it might intrigue you I would definitely give them a listen. It will be worth your while and I don’t think you will be disappointed, even less so if you buy the album as there is just short of 20 songs and the enclosed little booklet is pretty genius.
Its hard to identify stand out tracks however I love the beats and lyrics in ‘One way road’ and the laid back almost Chilli’s feel to ‘I’ll do anything’.
Check them out Here........
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