The all-new John Butler Trio is out of the studio and ready to hit the road to road-test a few new tunes.
Butler has christened the fifth studio album ‘April Uprising’. The new band, featuring Nicky Bomba on drums and percussion and Byron Luiters on bass, spent a few months in Fremantle recording this album.“The whole rehearsal and recording process so far has been a lot of fun and very gratifying,” John said. “I feel the sounds and general spirit and energy of this album are best summed up in the words - free, melodic, funky, phat and rocking. There’s definitely a certain attitude that comes across on the album. Perhaps there’s a conviction, in a song writing and production sense, that I haven’t tapped into so much on earlier works that seems to be more prevalent on April Uprising. There’s chemistry and language that Nicky, Byron and I have found that really compliments these songs in all their different facets”.
The first single will be ‘One Way Road’. “One Way Road is the combination of pretty much most of my musical influences; dancehall, roots & rock,” he says. “Some how we found a way to bring all these feels in a way that sounds natural and not too contrived or cerebral .I’m really happy with how we captured the vibe of this song”.
Tour dates are:
Thursday 7th January - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Friday 8th January - Palace Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th January - Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT
Tuesday 12th January - Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 13th January - Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 14th January - Newcastle Panthers, NSW
Sat 16th January- Leeuwin Estate, Margaret River, WA
