The time is right to welcome the music of Manchester’s Adio Marchant to worldwide play. The release date of his second EP came and went in the United States to little fanfare while major English stations such as Radio 1 gave multiple tracks regular rotation. That would be due in part to Marchant’s role in Kid British, a six-piece group that roamed its native land for the better part of a decade. No such welcome mat awaited the solo projects sprouting from the collective on this side of the Atlantic.
Therefore, allow me to introduce Bipolar Sunshine, the new moniker of Adio Marchant. June brought his first EP and November marked the arrival of his second, Drowning Butterflies. The most notable track on the four-song production is the rollercoaster ride that is the title track. Sporadic percussion and playful vocals bounce you like the bumpy ascent of a wooden carnival ride chugging toward maximum potential. Yet the best that this little ditty has to offer is a chorus that smoothly floats past during the ensuing freefall. With many peaks and valleys, “Drowning Butterflies” continues to showcase the true range of sentiments Marchant’s vocals can evoke. Just be prepared to sing “but are we, but are we” over and over again for at least an hour after each ride.