In the fall of 2006, Josh Kimbrough found himself standing at a precipice. He had just graduated from college and his longtime band, Mortar and Pestle, had suddenly disbanded. Immediately, he felt the isolation and disorientation that follows every graduate's ejection into the world of self-reliance. Lost in the shuffle without an identity, Josh reflected on his life and began to realize that everything from his formal education, to his possessions, to the music he listened to was packaged in a one-size-fits-all format. In other words, nothing seemed personal. He took this realization and decided to stop waiting for things to happen.

Josh began several months of prolific writing and quiet introspection, which would come to yield the songs that make up Nothing's Personal. He adopted the Butterflies moniker and put together a band of friends from various periods of his life to flesh out his ideas. The group spent most of 2007 in various houses and practice spaces across central North Carolina honing in on the songs. After a few east coast tours, the band spent a week recording with Jerry Kee (Superchunk, Polvo, The Strugglers, Sorry About Dresden) at Duck Kee Studios in Mebane, NC. The interplay on the resulting record is the product of the trust and excitement deep-rooted in their friendship.

The songs on Nothing's Personal act as postcards from Josh to his friends and loved ones. The record embraces nostalgia, without feeling stuck in the past. The packaging for Nothing's Personal is based on an elaborate collage-turned-drawing by Butterflies' own Katie Zickefoose and assembled by hand at the Trekky Records house. Don't let the title fool you, Butterflies' debut is nothing but personal.

SEE ALSO: Mortar and Pestle - Oak in the Acorn

Preview:
Mind Games

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1. Mind Games
2. Show Me the Ropes
3. Question Answering Machine
4. Boulder
5. Catching 22
6. Hang Ups
7. Lazy Susan
8. Relive Brielle
9. Comfort Cards
10. Four Letters