Impatient Orchid
Impatient Orchid
1. Priorities
2. Eros and Thanatos
3. The Art of Falling
4. Dispatches (from a de Clerambault’s patient)
Extended digressions into the perils of vanity, Taoism, the horrors of Sexual Obsession and pifling matters such as Love and Death. Released by GNFAR in the Year Of Our Lord 2006.
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There is enough urgency, passion and dynamic range to power a small town in America. Or a small country in Europe…The postmodern collage is breathtaking. And, damn it, it’s FUN without, for a moment, being a piss take. The band love all this stuff with a righteous vengeance…Top stuff.
8/10 Whisperin’ and Hollerin’
8/10, Drowned In Sound
The Butterfly really are a very good band. Bizarre. Possibly dangerously unhinged. But by my Greek Gods, they rock like a bunch of book reading, Mike Patton adoring bastards.
Sandman Magazine
my mind has been frazzled by a lurching journey through more styles than you could pigeon hole. Clearly there is a certain homage to Mike Patton/Faith No More when they were going through their ‘King for a Day…’ phase in the way the vocals are belted out in between searing guitar riffs. There is also an element of hammed up rock opera about ‘Impatient Orchid’ and how many bands could get away with Mariachi style brass without sounding a little bit pompous? I get the impression that The Butterfly do not take themselves too seriously, but equally they are not doing this for laughs either.
Tasty Fanzine
The Butterfly are inventive, mould breaking & fierce.
Plastic Ashtray
They can quite effortlessly jump from genre to genre, without out impacting on each of the songs flow and cohesiveness…a truly remarkable release that embraces several styles with amazing ease…so much going on…that the 15 minute running time flies past as you listen…I don’t know what the future holds for The Butterfly, I’m not even sure they do!. Whatever it is though, I can guarantee it will be weird, wonderful and extremely thrilling.
Boring Machines Disturb Sleep