The Butterfly Explosions // Lost Trails

I’m told by the press sheet that The Butterfly Explosions, originally a solo project of one Gazz Carr, 'blend powerful spiralling music with delicate vocals to form rich soundscapes of beautiful melodies’, and that there are elements of Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and M83 to name but three. So on paper I probably ought to like them… And it’s not that I dislike them per se, but the record just doesn’t deliver as you might expect it to. The music is not that powerful and the vocals are not just delicate, they’re a bit on the boring side. The Butterfly Explosions had the opportunity here to release something that genuinely could’ve been all the things that were promised, but sadly what we’re actually presented with is something that doesn’t have any real emotion, depth or potency. There are moments when you think that something is about to happen, like the music is about to explode, but it never does. It’s all too much on the surface so what you end up listening to could be described as a puddle when what you actually want is a lake. That said, I think this band have a lot of potential and with a more creative producer behind the helm could make something quite stunning in the future.