The Voluntary Butler Scheme is Rob Jones’ one man band from Stourbridge. At times he channels The Jackson Five as in “Tabasco Sole”, sometimes he sounds more like The Sweet as in “Trading Things In”, but his lyrics are always witty and I’m always blown away by his abillity to make a big, big sound all on his lonesome. His songs feature ample handclaps and doobeedoos, which is really all I ask from a good song. As far as I can tell he’s had no official releases, but he does have a shorter than short free EP on a seperate page on the myspace. These songs go by so swiftly, they’re more like very good jingles, but he wrote them on his lunch break. Imagine what he can do on a day off!
Hm, what else might make you want to give his work a whirl? He just writes incredibly sweet, clever, but whimsical songs that made me laugh while a super scary storm was passing through my neighborhood. Oh, and he looks hot in that picture. Yep, hotness. An important factor often overlooked by the serious music press. Luckily, I’m neither press nor serious, except when I said he made good music.
The Voluntary Butler Scheme – Baking
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