Phoenix Butterfly - 3 ways to leave - a CD review

Phoenix Butterfly Phoenix Butterfly are: Starkey - vocals Si - bass Lee - guitar Flames - drums press release: Eschewing all the ubiquitous cliches of modern rock music (we're talking screamo post-hardcore, retro garage rock 'n roll and emo whinging), Phoenix Butterfly are a far more timeless proposition. Equal parts massive grooves (think Queens of the stone age and soundgarden), insidious melody (Zwan or tool) and delicate introspection (Dead Can Dance and Radiohead), they offer up a multi-layered and invigorating sound. The fluid combination of bludgeoning riffery and unpretentious melody gives tise to another truely exciting addition to the current rock renaissance. There is certainly something exciting about this Colchester based quartet, Just check out any of the four trcks on this debut EP, 3 Ways to leave. Released on June the 9th 2003 on the Bands own record label 'Phoenix records', it marks the beginning of an exciting and refreshing career for a very good rock band.