John butler began his career as a musician in the streets of his country, australia. independent since his beginnings, his career was built from his own label “jarrah records”. with “april uprising”, it is a brand new chapter which opens for the group: “the preparation for the recording and the repetitions were a true pleasure. i would say that the sounds, the general spirit and the energy of this album are summarized in these words: free, melodic, funky, powerful and rock. there is unquestionably more aggressiveness in this album than in the precedents. it is probably because of superior engagement and conviction in term of writing and production. with nicky and byron, i found a degree of complicity which really serves the songs in all their aspects. ”