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| From | Jennifer Leduc <jenleduc@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Buttercup |
| Date | Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:35:14 -0600 |
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2 of their records released last year were not eligible for end of the year Audities list because they were EPs. An unfortunate technicality because both releases are chock full of top pop tunes. Their upcoming EP will be released in February. Hopefully, a full length might be available later this year. They're based in San Antonio TX but they play in Austin frequently. Lucky for me as they're one of my favorite live bands :-).
Their bio below explains it all.
You can hear some of their most recent tunes here : http://www.myspace.com/buttercult or http://www.buttercult.com
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"The Head Sits Upside Down on the Top of the Head" an 8 song EP
recorded and produced by Buttercup, scheduled for release Feb 2008.
With no rules to follow except their own, Buttercup has managed to
write, record and release three EPs within the last 10 months. Why? No
one knows. But it's this type of unusual yet challenging feat that
Buttercup fans have come to expect and enjoy.
From playing via close-circuit TV into oil barrels at an art gallery,
or kicking off an impromptu singing street parade, to conducting song-
therapy with individual audience members on “confessional nights”,
Buttercup follows its fanciful whims wherever they may lead.
The three EPs (Captains of Industry, Living Again and The Head...) each
represent a facet of Buttercup's sound; "Captains" is a rather noisy
angular affair which aptly demonstrates their love for The Silver Jews
and The Velvet Underground. "Living Again" showcases their more
acoustic side, revealing softer and moodier melodies. And now "The
Head..." full of rough hewn demo sketches and early eighties electronic
beats skids right off the road and into the ditch. But taken as a
whole, the three EPs still hold together as being singularly
"Buttercupish": sometimes impulsive, at times carefully crafted but
always engaging.
This third installment, "The Head Sits Upside Down on the Top of the
Head" is a diverse collection of songs in which Buttercup changed its
recording style, planting itself a little outside of its comfort zone.
Some of the songs are the original demo recordings: "Cure for the Cure"
and "Blackwater." Most of the others find Buttercup in a more singular
mood, forgoing big stacked harmonies in favor of solo lead vocals. In
this respect "Mom's Love" is as stark as any Buttercup song gets.
"Sleep With Me" veers way off the map, written from a song fragment
found on a rehearsal tape, then collectively built up on the spot, in
the studio. Its style, something Buttercup stumbled upon, might be
called “Japanese Beach Boys”. Altogether, this rather long, strange EP,
an eight song "extended-extended play", teeters on being a full length
release, and its sheer length may indicate more than anything just how
willing Buttercup is to give. With one more full-length album to
record, Buttercup continues to forge ahead, oblivious of trends and
advice, with only one goal in mind; to do the best work they can and
deliver it with the utmost zeal to those willing to listen.
available now at these locations: online: cdbaby.com, itunes.com
locally in record stores: hogwild records (san antonio) , musictown
(SA), 180grams (SA), half price books - broadway (SA), waterloo records
(austin), cheapos discs (austin)
Already released:
"Living Again" 6 song EP in August 2007
"Captains of Industry" 6 song EP in May 2007
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