Jack Butler - Velvet Prose

Young Stirling four-piece Jack Butler were impressive at T-Break and won a gig at T in the Park on the back of their energetic and punky guitar-funk. Their debut single Velvet Prose will fit snugly into the UK's currently-thriving indie scene and with the cyclical chorus hook - "She sold her soul to the modern sold her soul…" – it could easily break into chart success. Whether yet another retro wiry-guitar band to compliment the NME-fuelled nu-alternative bandwagon is really necessary is another matter. Live they seem to have something extra – on disc Jack Butler are noticeably standardised. [Ally Brown]