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Jack Butler
12+ albums
Scottishindie rockinterpolBlack WireThe Cure
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Jack Butler is: Liam Kelly (Guitar/Lead Vox/Synth), Chris Lowdon (Guitar), Allan Conry (Bass/Backing Vox), Greg Moodie (Drums/Percussion/Backing Vox) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Butler/105179230530 Formed in Stirling, Scotland, four-piece indie-funk-dance troupe Jack Butler introduced the UK to their unique blend of styles with the release of debut e.p How's This For Leverage? in 2005, which quickly won them rave reviews from the likes of The Daily Record and Rock Sound magazine whose editor hailed them ‘The missing link between Minus The Bear and Arctic Monkeys’. The band's hard work and dedication led to them to winning BBC Radio 1's Demo Derby in April 2006. As finalists in the annual T Break competition, Jack Butler were awarded an appearance at Scotland's biggest music festival T in the Park in July '06, all this providing a fine build up to their debut single Velvet Prose following their signing to Edinburgh's Whimsical Records. The 3 track cd/download, released in September, not only received glowing comments from webzines including Drowned in Sound, who proclaimed that, 'any one of these three songs could have been a single in its own right. For a debut release, it doesn't get much better than that', but was also play-listed by XFM London, resulting in a top 30 indie chart placing. In Spring 2007 the band headed back into the studio to record the follow up single Boy VS Beast, released in August '07. It featured on the prestigious website Rec
