By Bill Murphy | Fri, 16 Sep 2011
AFFAIRS AREN’T meant to last, so it was inevitable that Andy Butler would have to retool after his
group’s dance-quake debut. With former guest vocalists Antony Hegarty and Nomi Ruiz pursuing
their own careers, Butler is still probing the garage disco sound he nailed in 2008, but with much
more restraint. That said, deep house rules on Blue Songs, from the throbalicious “Step Up,” with
Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke, to the Arthur Russell-ish “Answers Come in Dreams,” with Aerea Negrot.