Irish indie artist The Butterfly Graveyard address climate concern with new single

Music Review | 10th Feb, 2025 The Butterfly Graveyard

Indie artist, The Butterfly Graveyard, has built a reputation for crafting delicate and delicious alt-rock sound that is soft but sometimes rough and uneven. The latest release, Setting Sun, tackles the issue of climate change.

With a subtle backing from brush on snare, the vocals shine as their accompanied by slide guitar and an emotional sounding string section.

Setting Sun is a song about making the most of the time we are given. It is a song of two halves. The first half is written from an individual point of view where the character is looking forward, trying to get stuff done and at the same time looking back with a sense of loss.

The second half is more Universal in the sense it could almost be written by a Major Tom like character,who is looking down from space in complete dismay at the earth's resources being plundered and pillaged. This character is seeing raging forest fires, the earth drowning in flash floods and polar bears being stranded on melting ice caps.

So in a way the song is a rallying call to protect the earth in this so called 'Golden Age ' of drilling. It's about 'we' as a collective, trying to get things done before the human race runs out of road and the sun sets on the earth for the very last time. - The Butterfly Graveyard

The Butterfly Graveyard - Setting Sun (Youtube)

The single, Setting Sun is available through all streaming platforms.

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