Butterfat Mastermind
Chicago, IL
Butterfat Mastermind’s creator, Steve Sunner, has spent the last decade alternately taking his modern spin on psychedelic blues-rock to clubs in and around Chicago, Illinois or disappearing for long stints into the studio where his maniacal obsessiveness is almost legendary, each album becoming some sort of existential, classic rock catharsis. Once done, given away for free to anyone who might be curious. Drawing inspiration from a mash of British-invasion favorites and powered by blues driven guitar, the honest songwriting style of Butterfat Mastermind has the vibe of a singer/songwriter gone electric. With Steve’s Wayne Coyne-esque warblings over the top and an almost Ween-like sense of stylistic unpredictability underneath, Butterfat Mastermind flashes with colors of Hendrix, Sparklehorse, Revolver-era Beatles, Primus and a whole list of other close-but-not-quite-right comparisons.