Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot

I first came across the Butterfly Explosion a couple of months back when I reviewed the Psychedelica 4 compilation from Northern Star records. The track I heard then was ‘Closer’, this album’s opening track, and I remember being blown away by its shimmering guitars. Since then these five Dubliners have been working hard not only to record this, their debut album, but also to cement their reputation as one of the frontrunners of the shoegaze revival. The end result of all this hard work is the mindbogglingly ‘Lost Trails’. Read more…