The Lunar Towers: Morpho Butterfly 
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Sometimes you don’t need to over-think a song when you can simply let its soothing touch wash over you. The new Lunar Towers release, Morpho Butterfly, is a case in point.
This is an instantly likable track with no demand on the listener to acquire a taste for the music or to feel challenged, the seemingly effortless delivery making for an equally effortless listening experience.That’s not to say that the track is vapid or lacking in depth – far from it. The London / Cheltenham trio of Rory Moore, Joe Richardson and Rob Sewell have produced a beguiling single full of sunny melodies, caressed guitars and blissful harmonies, but with an underlying sense of the futility of the humble dreamer chasing the impossible ideal.
If you do want to delve a little deeper into the song, the butterfly in question appears to be a metaphor for the woman of the singer’s dreams, a thing of beauty forever beyond the reach of the earthbound suitor; ‘She’s irrepressible, so tall and powerful, touching the atmosphere, she’s closer to the stars.’ The musicianship is perfectly matched to the evocative poetry of the lyrics, soaring then swooping, optimistic then subdued, to produce a gently endearing peach of a pop / rock track.
The Lunar Towers see themselves as 90s influenced mixed with 60s revivalism, referring to the likes of The Byrds, Teenage Fanclub and Ride for comparison, and Morpho Butterfly displays these diverse elements with upbeat layered guitars complimenting a folk sensibility to capture the innocence of a bygone age – a charming addition to their small but perfectly formed discography.
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All words by Robin Boardman. More writing from Robin for Louder Than War can be found at his author’s archive.
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