About Butterfly Child
Butterfly Child, formed in Belfast in 1984 was a led by the singer/songwriter Joe Cassidy. After playing shows throughout Ireland, Butterfly Child released an EP, Toothfairy, on A.R. Kane's H.ark! label in 1991. Remarkable in its "frazzled, cracked fragility", the EP caught the ear of the legendary BBC DJ John Peel, who invited the band to record its first Peel Session on 12 January 1992 at Maida Vale Studios. A second EP, Eucalyptus, was released the same year.The band signed to Rough Trade Records in 1993 where it released the Ghetto Speak EP and the first full-length album, Onomatopoeia. In November 1993, Butterfly Child returned to Maida Vale for a second Peel Session. Broadcast in January 1994, the session included two songs that later appeared on the second album.
Work began on The Honeymoon Suite in summer 1994 with the intention to release it that autumn, but its release was delayed because of disagreements with the record company over the running order and content. After protracted discussions, it was finally released as originally intended by Dedicated Records in 1995.
Frustrated by the experience, Cassidy moved to Chicago in 1997 to begin work on a third album. Soft Explosives was released in late 1998 by HitIt! Recordings, a Chicago label that had handled the US releases of the first two albums.
Following a lengthy break, Butterfly Child released "No Longer Living In Your Shadow" as a 7" single on Dell'Orso Records in 2012.
On 15 July 2021, Cassidy died of heart problems and sepsis after falling ill earlier in the month.
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Butterfly Child - Holding On
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