Bio :: Butterfly Explosion
The Butterfly Explosion are a band from Ireland that blend powerful spiraling music with delicate vocals to form rich soundscapes of beautiful melodies, gliding between moments of ethereal dreampop and explosive sonic bliss.
Originally a solo home project of Gazz Carr, Butterfly Explosion has developed into a full blown band, releasing two EPs independently and touring North America, Ireland and UK, performing with bands such as Howling Bells, God Is An Astronaut, 65daysofstatic, Serena Maneesh, Film School, Land Of Talk, Giant Drag and Amusement Parks On Fire. Their increasingly epic live shows have seen them be championed by many, home and abroad, as one of the most promising bands to emerge from Ireland in recent years. When UK webzine Drowned In Sound had a week of articles in April 2009 dedicated to the revival and diverse influence of the early 90s shoegaze scene, Butterfly Explosion were amongst the international artists highlighted as ones to watch.
Recording on the debut album began late 2008 with producer Torsten Kinsella (God Is An Astronaut) and is released March 1st 2010 through Revive Records. 'Closer', the first single, has been receiving extensive airplay from Ireland's leading alternative music shows such as Paul McLoone(TodayFM), featuring in his Best Of 2009 show, and Dan Hegarty(RTE 2FM) who described the track as "My Bloody Valentine meets M83 meets Sigur Ros in Heaven".
Following the debut album release, Butterfly Explosion will be touring between the UK(February) and Europe(April-May) with God Is An Astronaut, as well as the USA(March) where they will be performing at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas..
Live line-up:
Gazz (guitar, vocals), John (drums), Conor (bass), Laura (vocals, keys), Jason (guitar)
“The band were simply on fire. You can hear a million different influences intertwined and it can seem like Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine and M83 are all on stage at the same time… a band on a mission to prove that they will become one of the greats of the current Irish music scene.†- Drop-D.ie webzine (Dublin)
“I mentioned last week that Dublin's Butterfly Explosion demonstrated some impressive growth between their first EP and their Turn The Sky EP - well if their live show was any indication, their next release, whenever it comes, will be a quantum leap ahead and surely be something special.†- Chromewaves.net (Toronto)
"The Butterfly Explosion have yet to put a foot wrong musically, and I am pleased that the new material has me yet again mesmerized, and proving yet again to be one of the finest bands to emanate from Ireland in many years." - LostMusic.co.uk
"their releases just get better and better....little bits of the noisy sounds of Slowdive, the wailing distorted guitars of My Bloody Valentine and even the slow building post rock of the likes of Mogwai " – RoadRecs.com
"The Irish band to look out for in 2010 are Butterfly Explosion." - HeinekenMusic.ie
