Butterfly Child

Butterfly Child were a Northern Irish group led by singer/songwriter Joe Cassidy, based in Chicago, Illinois. Described as "purveyors of shimmering, oceanic rock,"they have released three full-length albums and numerous singles/EPs. Their latest album Futures was released by Dell'Orso Records on 27 November 2015.
Butterfly Child were formed in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1984.
After playing shows throughout Ireland, Butterfly Child released their debut EP, Toothfairy, on A.R. Kane's H.ark! label in 1991. A second EP entitled Eucalyptus was released in 1992. The band then signed to Rough Trade Records in 1993 where they released the Ghetto Speak EP and the first full-length album, Onomatopoeia.
Work began on The Honeymoon Suite in the summer of 1994, with the intent to release it that autumn. But its release was delayed due to disagreements with the record company over running order and content. After protracted discussions, the album was finally released as originally intended by Dedicated Records in 1995.
Frustrated by the experience, Cassidy relocated to Chicago in 1997 to begin work on a third album. Soft Explosives was released in late 1998 by HitIt! Recordings, a Chicago-based label that had previously handled the US releases of the first two albums.
Following a lengthy hiatus, Butterfly Child released No Longer Living In Your Shadow as a 7" single on Dell'Orso Records in 2012.
On 15 July 2021, Joe Cassidy died of heart problems and sepsis after falling ill earlier in the month. He was 51.
==Links to Peel==
The band's debut EP caught the ear of DJ John Peel in 1991, who invited the group to record their first Peel Session on 12 January 1992 at Maida Vale Studios. 
In November 1993, Butterfly Child returned to Maida Vale for a second Peel Session. Broadcast in January 1994, the session featured two songs that would later appear on the second album, The Honeymoon Suite.
In 1998, the group released their third album, Soft Explosives. However, Peel did not play any tracks from it on his radio shows. Instead he played their song, Thunderclouds, from a various artists compilation album called An Evening In The Company Of The Vespertine.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1992-01-12. First Broadcast: 01 March 1992
*Violin / Led Through The Mardi Gras / Ship Wreck Song / Neptune's Fork
2. Recorded: 1993-11-14. First Broadcast: 01 January 1994
*Passion Is The Only Fruit / My Kinda Carnival / Botany Bay / Our Lady Mississippi Revisited
==Other Shows Played==
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*29 September 1991: Softest Thing Since Skin (EP - Tooth Fairy) H.ark!
*03 November 1991: Softest Thing Since Skin (12" - Tooth Fairy EP) H.ark!
;1992
*02 May 1992: Sub-Marine (12 inch - Eucalyptus) H.ark
*22 May 1992: A Breath Of Fresh Air (EP - Eucalyptus)
*27 September 1992 (BFBS): Juice (7") Rough Trade
;1993
*31 July 1993: Kissed (EP Ghetto Speak) Rough Trade
*08 August 1993 (BFBS): Kissed (12" EP - Ghetto Speak) Rough Trade
*13 August 1993: Nymphs Sing The Blues (12" - Ghetto Speak) Rough Trade 
*20 August 1993: Kissed (12" - Ghetto Speak) Rough Trade
*27 August 1993 (BFBS): Kissed (12" - Ghetto Speak) Rough Trade
*11 September 1993: 'Your Lover, My Harbour (12"-Ghetto Speak)' (Rough Trade)
;1994
*30 December 1994: Passion Is The Only Fruit 9 (CD single – Beaujolais) Dedicated
;1995
*07 January 1995 (BBC World Service): 'Passion Is The Only Fruit (10"-Beaujolais)' (Dedicated)
*03 November 1995: 'Flaming Burlesque (CDS)' (Dedicated)
*11 November 1995 (BFBS): 'Flaming Burlesque (CDS)' (Dedicated)
;1996
*23 February 1996: ‘Carolina And The Be Bop Review (CD – Honeymoon Suite )’ Dedicated
*02 March 1996 (BFBS): 'Carolina And The Be Bop Revue (CD-The Honeymoon Suite)' (Dedicated)
*30 March 1996: 'Ghost On Your Shoulder (CD-The Honeymoon Suite)' (Dedicated)
;1998
*25 February 1998: Thunderclouds (v/a album - An Evening In The Company Of The Vespertine) Vespertine 
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists