Butterflies of Death
Butterflies of Death bring a fast, tight and dark intensity to acoustic music, mixing gravelly punk emotion with a raucous blend of twisted roots. Their frantic chord changes, call-and-response-sing-alongs, pin drop stops, and spitfire styles will keep you guessing. This ain't background music. Butterflies of Death formed in the summer of 2012, when Graham began learning the charango (an Incan version of a 10-stringed ukulele, sort of) by attempting covers of rag-time and rock songs in a charanguisto style. Curt (percussion: doomcase, stumpfstick, cat's paw), Evan (accordion, bass clarinet, trumpet, the kitchen sink) and Tom (upright bass, not a fucking cello) soon joined to form the Butterflies of Death, creating a musical force that denies taxonomy.