Butterfly Effect, The - Imago (Album)
» Butterfly Effect, The - Peninsula Lounge, The, Vic - Thu, January 8
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» The Butterfly Effect hit the road on a massive national tour - May 12, 2006
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A haunting, ethereal resonance fills the room. The sounds of guitar, bass, violin and tribal drumming intertwine in a slow and mellow dance and Imago is born. From there she takes her first tentative steps through the tender beginnings of “Aisles of White” treading softly until finding her feet and starting to stomp and build up confidence. She finds her voice and lifting her head she screams to the world her message in “A Slow Descent”. Luring us along with aural images both strikingly tender and brutally heavy at the same time, we follow the path and are rewarded each step of the way with cracking examples of why The Butterfly Effect is one of Australia’s better known rock bands. They deserve to be. These boys have talent!
The Butterfly Effect has just released their second full-length album, “Imago”. After starting out their rock journey in Brisbane in 2001, the guys have toured extensively and released their work not only here in their homeland but abroad as well. With the release in 2003 of their first full-length album “Begins Here” being listed by Rolling Stone (Aust) in their top 100 albums of the year, it was with anticipation that fans looked forward to another helping.
The vocals on this album are a blend of sweet melodic refrains punctuated by emotional bursts of heavy rock n’ roll. The drums keep a steady rhythm along with the low end and the guitar is used to amazing effect with riffs both heavy and ethereal.
It has been a while since I have reviewed a CD I could really say I enjoyed from the first listen (or enjoyed all the way through for that matter). This is not bias for a band I have previously liked either – to be honest I am yet to hear The Butterfly Effect’s first album. Each song on this album is interesting and pleasurable to listen to but my favourites include “Imago”, “Aisles Of White”, “A Slow Decent”, “In A Memory” and “The End”.
