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April Uprising by John Butler

April Uprising

Release Date: 4/6/2010

Recording Date: 1/2010

Tracks: 15

Length: 01:00:02 Hrs

Label: ATO

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Australia, Alternative/Indie Rock, Jam Bands

Album Tracks (15)

Song Title
Length
1.
Revolution
05:05
2.
One Way Road
03:05
3.
C'mon Now
02:42
4.
I'd Do Anything (Soldier's Lament)
03:20
5.
Ragged Mile (Spirit Song)
03:57
6.
Johnny's Gone/Satisfy Segue
04:54
7.
Close to You
03:51
8.
Don't Wanna See Your Face
02:43
9.
Take Me
05:01
10.
Fool for You
05:07
11.
To Look Like You
04:19
12.
Steal It
03:42
13.
Mystery Man
03:55
14.
Gonna Be a Long Time
03:46
15.
A Star Is Born
04:35

What the Critics Say

The John Butler Trio, Australia’s biggest contribution to the jam band movement, gets a serious makeover on 2010's April Uprising. Butler dissolved the previous lineup one year before this album’s release, hoping to keep things fresh with a change in personnel. Newcomers Byron Luiters and Nicky Bomba (Butler’s brother-in-law) make their debut here, and the band further reinvents itself by sticking closer to the alt-rock camp than ever before, with Butler trading his fingerplucked guitar arpeggios for electric riffs and power chords. He’s not entirely done with the genres that fueled his earlier albums -- reggae, folk, pop, and acoustic soul chief among them -- and songs like “Don’t Wanna See Your Face” are familiarly funky, with grooves specifically designed for the festival crowds that sustain the John Butler Trio every summer. Even so, April Uprising signals a change in direction, with a newfound emphasis on rock textures and political lyrics (“Sometimes I do wonder how we do sleep/Serving the dodgy companies we keep”) that make the band sound like a flashier, Aussie equivalent of State Radio. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi

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