 With experience on drums and piano, Mutton was reluctant to audition as a vocalist, however, subsequent to his stepping into the role of lead vocals, Soulframe won several Australian music awards and released two albums, "Sojourn" and "Escaping Entropy".Songs from their 2005 album, "Escaping Entropy" received national recognition, including various radio station airplay of their single 'Beautiful', collecting a win and three further nominations in categories at the 2004 Annual MusicOz Awards, two of the top 10 spots in their category for the 2005 Australian Songwriters Association Awards, and a win in their category for the NZ-based 2005 Pacific Songwriting Competition for their song 'Thread'.Mutton sang U2's "All I Want Is You" at the Brisbane auditions of "Australian Idol 4" and made the top 24 in Sydney.