Buttless Chaps - Love This Time
by Andrew Carver
published: 3 / 3 / 2004

Label:
Mint
Format: CD
intro
Latest offering from Canada's the Buttless Chaps, who, swinging between country and electronica, continue to "appear to be two bands in one body"
A little while back, I was privileged to witness the chaps from the Chaps perform at the Dominion Tavern in Ottawa (opening for The Asteroid No. 4). After some Calexico-style mariachi music, lead singer Dave Gowans put down his banjo and picked up the mike for a fairly straight-faced rendition of Styx’s 'Mr. Roboto'. The Buttless Chaps would appear to be two bands in one body (or four bodies — the group’s a quartet). We have country music, a la opener '18 Rabbits' ... then we have 'Numan' — as in Gary. We have 'Brotherhood',a Sergio Leone-style tale of revenge, and the Vocoder-driven android-girl duet 'Love This Time. I’m not sure if it’s actually possible to mix 1980's style electronic music with country “hurtin’ songs for robots", but the band does both sides of its personality well, and the combination is at least mildly intriguing and usually tuneful.
Track Listing:-
1 18 Rabbits2 Love This Time
3 Babbles
4 Lonely Hearts
5 Fresh Horses
6 Shuttle Systems
7 Banjee
8 Plain Wrench
9 Numan
10 Kinda Empty
11 Brotherhood
most viewed articles
current edition
Spear Of Destiny - InterviewRobert Forster - Interview
Fiona Hutchings - Interview
When Rivers Meet - Waterfront, Norwich, 29/5/2025
Carl Ewens - David Bowie 1964 to 1982 On Track: Every Album, Every Song
Brian Wilson - Ten Songs That Made Me Love...
Pistol Daisys - Waterfront, Norwich, 29/5/2025
Credits - ARC, Liverpool, 17/5.2025
Gary Numan - Berserker
Deb Googe and Cara Tivey - Interview
most viewed reviews
current edition
Peter Doolan - I Am a Tree Rooted to the Spot and a Snake Moves Around Me,in a CircleGarbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Little Simz - Lotus
Suzanne Vega - Flying With Angels
John McKay - Sixes and #Sevens
Vultures - Liz Kershaw Session 16.06.88
Billy Nomates - Metalhorse
HAIM - I Quit
Vinny Peculiar - Things Too Long Left Unsaid
Morcheeba - Escape The Chaos
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart