David Hosking’s eighth album Butterfly Net is the third in a trilogy of albums recorded in Australia and Northern Ireland.

Again this Australian singer songwriter takes a different road. Here a string quartet, beautifully scored, swells around the songs, adding only what each song asks for.

Album opener “The Table” however, will most likely scare your neighbour’s cat off your front lawn if you turn it up loud enough.

After playing at Byron Bay Bluesfest with fellow Northern Irishman songwriter Foy Vance, Drummer/Producer Paul “Hammy” Hamilton flew to Melbourne where the foundations of Butterfly Net began.

Completed way up in the snow-covered hills outside Belfast, this album may make up the third collaboration, but will certainly not be the last.