The words of the wonderful world of Butterfly Polite
If you recall, Andy provided a slightly twisted little song (Happy Families Fade) for the Very Us Artist’s My First Sing-Along Dictionary album in February.
Caravaggio, as we all know, executed two versions of his painting The Fortune Teller :
Fortune Teller (1594)
Fortune Teller (1595)
Without being the ones to compare ourselves to the Italian baroque master painter, the similarities are too obvious to ignore. Firstly there is the fact the we also loosely work in the baroque pop mould. And (as if that were not enough) we also made two versions of a piece of art - our song (Laid In Grass) - both incarnations of which appeared on a recent digital single.
One of these versions is to awarded the Acoustic Track Of The Week all next week from the 31st May on Garageband.com. (Thus featuring in their podcast, and feature pages). How do we know this in advance you ask? Let us just say that Caravaggio is not the only one with a Fortune Teller.
Feel free to pop over there, read some nice reviews, read some scathing reviews, and then come back here for more art history lessons.
February’s single is a special Valentine’s edition, for lovers who like strings. There’s oodles of strings on the brand-spanking-new song ‘Look At Me Now’ , and as a B-side there’s a little unreleased gem from the ButetrflyPolite vaults … Sarah plus string Quartet doing the song ‘James’ (originally found on the album Http).
Listen/download from http://butterflypolite.bandcamp.com/album/look-at-me-now-c-w-james
Apologies to our members in Fiji, for there it is already February, and this post is late. This is partly your own fault for living in the future. For the rest of us it is still January, and with that comes January’s single…
Laid In Grass - a dream like journey that lyrically tiptoes through some of ButterflyPolite’s darker times.
Laid In Grass - a quite different version, featuring some guest musicians.
Last Forever - a new acoustic version of the song that can be heard on TheMessWeMade recorded during the ‘Swinging From The Gallows’ sessions.
Head over here to purchase.
P.s. With this release being a super-extra-value-three-track single, does it have an A-side, a B-side and a Sea-side?
Having watched Rage Against The Machine romp home to the no.1 spot this yule, we’ve decided to enter the race quite very late with The Christmas E.P. a special bumper edition in our year of monthly songs.
Christmastime (is a time to be polite) kicks off, a seasonal song to sing whilst roasting your chestnuts on an open fire.
Carousels comes next, a dark cautionary tale about the amusement park after hours.
Hope Springs pops up - a live acoustic version from the Swinging At The Gallows sessions.
…and lastly, at no extra cost, Christmastime - karaoke version. Ideal for those Christmas Parties.
The whole EP only costs £1, and the karaoke version is a free download. That’s the spirit of Christmas right there!
Just to quell the rumours that have been setting the internet aflame…
This is ‘Pregnant’ by R.Kelly
This is ‘Pregnant’ by ButterflyPolite (from the long forgotten album http)
They are not the same song.
Hi, Jon here from the wonderful ButterflyPolite. I thought it was about time I exercised my blogging priveledges…
Now, what I’d like to know is how many people read this outside band members? Could you comment and let me know? I know we sell cds and people come to our gigs, but I’m really curious to find out who reads these blogs and what type of thing they’re hoping for.
By the way we (the band) are apparently planning more gigs and recordings for your listening pleasure. There are also rumours of a Christmas song….
Eyes Tight Shut c/w R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.T.C. is the second in the year of ButterflyPolite singles.
…and is available here for the princely some of one english pound. (a.k.a. £1)
Eyes tight shut has been a live favourite for a while - and always causes some embarrassment with it’s awkward ‘U’ sound in the title for Andy to try to introduce, yet try not to sound ‘common’. The eloqution lessons are not paying off, but fortunately he is spared that ignominy here, and the song can be enjoyed in a new studio recording.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.T.C. is presented here at it’s delicate live acoustic best - in startling contrast to the version on The Mess We Made album. Sarah’s beautiful voice is naked and exposed through this song, against just an acoustic guitar and sending shivers up the spine with each syllable. Then, at the last moment, the rest of ButterflyPolite join in at their finger-in-ear beach-boys-harmony best.
Head over to the music page to have a listen. Don’t forget last month’s single (If You Repeat / Unnatural Selection), and remember to head back next month for November’s offerings!
This has actually clocked in about 2 hours before the 19th October release date. Woo hoo!