The Antennaheadz - Butterflies

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So there I am at the end of the month, looking at an empty review list but I still have this one little track lurking in my To Do box. Obviously, somewhere along the line this one has slipped by me. Oh well. I'm sure I can persuade Thomas J (aka The Antennaheadz) that it's merely oversight and that I am not ignoring him. The last time I did that he bombarded me with the hardest tracks I have ever had to review. Just joshin', of course. Well, it's true that the tracks were hard but this musician has come a long, long way since then as the latest batch of Antennaheadz tracks have proved.

From 'use the door!' to troubadour in one bound. (Ed: I should really kill that one)

I've noticed yet another small innovation in his style insofar as he now credits Thomas J Marchant as songwriter so there ya go, fame at last. He is a well liked and respected musician and I think that anyone who has known him for a few years will have been surprised with his changing style(s) but nowhere more so than in his latest 'lo-fi/retro' singer/songwriter role. If you'd have told me two years ago that this musician was going to turn into a modern folkie I'd have asked if I could buy some of what you are on, so bizarre would have been the notion. he's making a surprisingly good job of it though as The Boy Who Took The World (June 2008) amply shows.

Butterflies is, in style and lyrical content, a throwback to a much simpler musical age when the likes of Syd Barrett was able to make some of the most intriguing music - with very little. Consisting of nothing more than an acoustic rhythm or two, a basic drumtrack, and the man himself warbling away on top, this is not really a track if you want aural splendour. If, however, you want a good song performed with a lot of dash (if not actual expertise) then this is yer man. Not in the same league as The Boy Who but an excellent Antennaheadz track for all that.

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