On his third album I’m Sorry For Bringing You Down, Andrew Butler invitations listeners deep into his psyche, navigating themes of grief, dependancy, and disillusionment with stark emotional readability amidst enchanting people productions. Written and self-produced over two years between Stroud and Germany, the album pairs Butler’s dynamic vocal vary with intricate guitar work and a uncooked, unfiltered lyricism.
Album opener “Nothing New” proves riveting in its combination of trickling acoustics and sense of thematic reckoning. Preliminary lyrical admissions — “We nonetheless have the worry of God” — and ensuing references to being “trapped and hypnotized” conjure an enthralling, foreboding maintain. Butler describes the observe as exploring “the extreme duality between optimism and defeatism that may happen within the face of overwhelming socio-political points.” The standout observe additionally has a music video.
The album continues to captivate constantly thereafter. “It Comes Naturally” ensues in its conveying of non-public vices, relatable in its vulnerabilities, whereas the vocal tone and ghostly guitar tones bear a fond likeness to Radiohead. Elsewhere, “Nonetheless Mourning” is an affecting, haunting people success with shades of Father John Misty within the “what’s occurring in your head?” introspection and “dancing with demons / burning each ends” poetic prowess. The album’s second single, “Love Is Not Your Enemy” consumes in its multi-layered vocal harmonies and caressing people allure, akin to Fleet Foxes. I’m Sorry For Bringing You Down is a riveting total success from Andrew Butler.
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“Nothing New” and different tracks featured this month may be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Rising Singles’ Spotify playlist.