Butterfly Mind by Tim Bowness

Coming 40 years after he first started performing in bands in his native North West of England, Butterfly Mind is the most surprising release yet from Tim Bowness.

From the short, sharp shocks of Always The Stranger and Only A Fool to the long-form ambition of the sensuous Dark Nevada Dream, the cinematic Electro-Ballroom of Glitter Fades and the dystopian paranoia of Say Your Goodbyes Parts 1 and 2, Butterfly Mind delivers a thrilling fusion of Art Rock invention, Post-Punk energy and epic soulful ballads.

Tim’s seventh solo album features the stellar rhythm section of Richard Jupp (in his first major session since leaving Elbow) and Nick Beggs alongside a spectacular guest list including Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Dave Formula (Magazine), Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator), Martha Goddard (The Hushtones), Gregory Spawton (Big Big Train), Mark Tranmer (The Montgolfier Brothers / GNAC), Saro Cosentino (Franco Battiato), Italian Jazz musician Nicola Alesini, US singer Devon Dunaway (Ganga), Stephen W Tayler (Kate Bush) and, marking his first studio work with Tim for nearly three decades, former No-Man violinist Ben Coleman. Produced by Tim Bowness and Brian Hulse (Plenty), the album was mixed and mastered by Steven Wilson.

Tracklist

1.	Say Your Goodbyes, Pt. 1	2:23

2.	Always The Stranger	2:50

3.	It's Easier To Love	5:13

4.	We Feel	4:53

5.	Lost Player	3:13

6.	Only A Fool	4:33

7.	After The Stranger	1:14

8.	Glitter Fades	4:51

9.	About The Light That Hits The Forest Floor	3:48

10.	Dark Nevada Dream	8:21

11.	Say Your Goodbyes, Pt. 2	1:59

Credits

released August 5, 2022

Line-up:
Tim Bowness - vocals, samples, synth, optigan guitar, mellotron
Brian Hulse - guitars, keyboards, synth, programming
Nick Beggs - fretted and fretless bass, double bass, chapman stick
Richard Jupp - drums, percussion

With:
Nicola Alesini - saxophone on ‘it’s easier to love'
Ian Anderson - flute on ‘say your goodbyes part 1’ and ‘we feel’
Ben Coleman - violin on ‘dark nevada dream’, ‘about the light that hits the forest floor’ and ‘say your goodbyes part 2’
Saro Cosentino - sampled strings / string arrangement on ‘it’s easier to love’
Devon Dunaway - backing vocals on ‘it’s easier to love’, ‘we feel’ and ‘dark nevada dream’
Dave Formula - hammond organ on ‘it’s easier to love’ and ‘Dark Nevada dream’, synths and piano on ‘only a fool’, organ on ‘say your goodbyes part 2’
Martha Goddard - backing vocals on ‘always the stranger’, ‘after the stranger’ and ‘glitter fades’
Peter Hammill - vocals on ‘say your goodbyes part 1’, guitars on ‘we feel’
Gregory Spawton - bass pedals on ‘after the stranger’
Stephen W Tayler - clarinet on ‘glitter fades’
Mark Tranmer - guitars on ‘about the light that hits the forest floor’

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