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Butterfly Jones is a cool new band started by Michael Gurley and Phil Leavitt from dada. I absolutely loved dada and they never got the recognition I felt they deserved, so I am doing what I can to help out Butterfly Jones. I'll do the same for Joie Calio (the other dada-ite) when his solo disc comes out, and dada if they ever get back together. In the meantime, the Butterfly Jones disc Napalm Springs came out July 24th, and it's fanatstic! Here is a review I wrote for Amazon.com:
Napalm Springs - Butterfly Jones
***** <-- that's 5 stars
Kind of hippie, kind of trippy, but with a definite
modern edge, Butterfly Jones has delivered a debut cd
loaded with memorable melodies, cool and insightful
lyrics, and the slash and burn guitar of Michael
Gurley.
Gurley and fellow former dada member Phil Leavitt
(along with a cast of.....well, OK, maybe a dozen or
so) have crafted a set of songs that touch on a
variety of musical styles and emotions. Love, hate,
confusion, hope, rock, pop, grunge, it's all there,
laced with an acid-tinged psychedelia straight out of
the late 60's. Think of the Beatles with Jimi Hendrix
on guitar locked in a studio with a drum machine and
laying down some jams for the new millennium.
From the self-destructive grunge chorus of the opening
title song("If love doesn't tear me apart, I'll do it
myself") to the sparse and haunting refrain of the
finale, "Please", this disc rocks("Anywhere But Now",
the first single), rocks harder(the "What the hell's
going on?" relationship confusion of "Are We In Love
Again?", rocks cooler (the detached hipster groove of
"Alright") and has moments of quiet, simple beauty
like "Wonder"("Don't it make you wonder, and ain't it
beautiful?"). All in all, it makes Napalm Springs a
wonderful place to visit....you might even want to
live there.
Vanguard Records - Read more about Butterfly Jones, get tour dates, and download the single "Anywhere But Now" for free! A Butterfly Jones fan site |
