The Butterflies of Love
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The Butterflies of Love are an indie
pop band from New Haven, Connecticut
, United States
.
Founded originally under the name Silver Bug and then simply Bug in the late 1990s by singer-songwriters Jeff and Dan Greene (no relation, though they attended Hamilton College together), The Butterflies of Love have released 2 albums on US-based Coffeehouse Records and 2 albums on British
independent label Fortuna Pop!
Their fifth single, It's Different Now was made Single Of The Week in the NME
.
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
pop band from New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, United States
United States
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Founded originally under the name Silver Bug and then simply Bug in the late 1990s by singer-songwriters Jeff and Dan Greene (no relation, though they attended Hamilton College together), The Butterflies of Love have released 2 albums on US-based Coffeehouse Records and 2 albums on British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
independent label Fortuna Pop!
Fortuna Pop!
Fortuna Pop! is a British independent record label based in London, started in 1996 by Sean Price. It specialises in indie pop and indie rock music, released on 7" single, CD and vinyl....
Their fifth single, It's Different Now was made Single Of The Week in the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
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Members
- Jason Mills
- Peter Jackson Whitney
- Neil O'Brien
- Jeffrey Greene
- Daniel Greene
- Scott Amore
Singles/EPs
- I Read Her Diary b/w Dream World 1994 (under band's previous name, Bug) Coffeehouse Records (clear vinyl)
- Rob a Bank b/w Love May Be Possible 1996 Coffeehouse Records (blue sleeve)
- Wild b/w The Brain Service 1997 Secret 7 (UK) / Coffeehouse Records (USA)
- Rob a Bank b/w Drunken Falls 1998 Coffeehouse Records (green sleeve, nearly identical to 1996 single)
- It's Different Now
- Wintertime Queen (2000)
- The Mutation
- Dream Driver
- Orbit Around You (2006)
Albums
- America's Newest Hitmakers (1996)
- How to Know The Butterflies of Love (1999)
- The New Patient (2002)
- Famous Problems (2007)