Butterfly mind (2cd) (2022)/ Bowness, Tim

"Although Bowness’ voice – pure and clear – is front and centre throughout, as ever, it acts as part of the whole, balancing emotion, pathos and (passive) aggression perfectly. It seems fitting that Jupp is currently playing with Bowness as Guy Garvey is clearly no stranger to the latter’s beautifully written ballads. Even though he uses far fewer words than many of his contemporaries, each is painstakingly considered, yet open to interpretation. Butterfly Mind could be about many things: ageing, divorce, pandemics, Brexit, paranoia, the butterfly mind that so many experience in this 21st century ‘always on’ culture. About The Light That Hits The Forest Floor is a touching reflection on passing love, yet like the rest of the album it’s neither splashy nor overwrought."|