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Butterflies On Strings

About Me

Butterflies On Strings like to refer to themselves as 'post pop', but it's hard to tell if they are joking or not. They play an uplifting slice of indie pie, with a bit of post rock custard thrown in for some shameless self-indulgence. Originally formed as a two piece in the summer of 2006, they have now grown to four members, and are all the better for it. They have one EP under their belt ('Close Your Eyes And Think Of Ben' is available via iTunes) produced by the wonderful Peter Miles.

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Member Since: 26/07/2006
Band Website: http://www.butterfliesonstrings.com
Band Members: Allan Harrod - Guitar/Vocals
Patrick Baker - Guitar/Programming
Hugh Fox - Drums/Triggers
Stephen Cunningham - Bass

Influences: Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Sigur Ros, Aphex Twin, Jeff Buckley, the Smiths, Postal Service, the Beatles, David Bowie, Bjork, Blur, Tecnofear, Reanimator, the Shins, Modest Mouse, Bob Dylan, the Decemberists, Mogwai, New Order, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Suede, Sufjan Stevens, Regina Spektor, Explosions In The Sky, Iron & Wine, Elliot Smith, the Faint, the Beach Boys, Patrick Wolf, Ryan Adams, Weezer, Johnny Cash, Idlewild, Joanna Newsom, Wilco, Belle & Sebastian, Okkervil River, The Flaming Lips
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Thanks for a great year!

Last night we played our last show of the year at the Metro Club in Oxford Street. It marked the end of a great year for us, that saw the release of our first EP 'Close Your Eyes And Think Of Ben' (st...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:13:00 GMT

The pictures move!

Hello good people over in internet-land. Recently we have begun updating our YouTube page regularly with live performances from recent shows. We plan to keep doing this, as well as putting up more v...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:18:00 GMT

Close Your Eyes... available on iTunes now!

Now you can own it for your very own!We are currently working on the physical format if you'd rather wait, but if you want to dance around as a silhouette listening to it right away, then click above ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:06:00 GMT

Close Your Eyes And Think Of Ben EP

Hello Friends,You may or may not know this, but we have spent the last few days down in Southampton at Middle Farm Studios recording our first 'proper' EP with producer Peter Miles. Titled 'Close Your...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:07:00 GMT

100% Basingstoke Charity CD

From http://www.myspace.com/100basingstoke :"100% Basingstoke is the title of the Basingstoke charity CD.For the first time known - every penny of your £ 5 CD purchase goes to charity. You end up with...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:39:00 GMT

Bridges, videos and balloons.

You may notice we have added a video of us doing an acoustic version of our cover of Joanna Newsom's 'Bridges & Balloons' to our page. Today during a productive recording session we decided to do an i...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:42:00 GMT

New website, new song, new socks.

Yes, my internet is sort of back (it's still playing up though - damn you Orange etc etc). To celebrate I made us a new website. Check it out - www.butterfliesonstrings.comAlso, I have decided to uplo...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:21:00 GMT