Butterfly Explosion are a Dublin five piece band who came together in 2004 with the current line up finalised in early 2005. They play their own brand of expansive shoegaze rock. Since forming they have released their debut EP Vision in Spring 2005, been invited to play the offical Showcase at Glasgow's Musicworks festival last September, and performed at SXSW in Texas, the global music industry's largest showcase event, last month. Their trip to the US in March included three gigs in NYC including with Film School at The Mercury Lounge and Soundpool at The Delancey. They expect to confirm some more appearances in Britain and The US this summer.

In between all this there has been a handful of Irish gigs for those with their ear to the ground to enjoy.

Over the next few weeks you have three chances to catch them. Butterfly Explosion are at:

The Buffalo Bar in London tonight, April 20th.
Roisin Dubh, Galway, Thursday 27th April.
Sugar Club, Dublin, 4th May.

April's edition of Hot Press features an interview with Sorcha from the band, covering their NYC gigs and the SXSW experience.

Some of their music can be downloaded from their website, or streamed from their myspace.

I've been lucky enough to get a sample of some of their new material which will make an EP release sometime this summer. Look out in particular for Next Year and Car Park at the upcoming live shows, both tracks really sound like a break for great success in the future.

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