
Right after their first single on the fledgling Merge label (back when you could mailorder 7 inches and get handwritten notes from John & Laura from Superchunk),
Butterglory began a tradition of playing epic shows at a friends house (long time rock house, home of Tiger Trap's first show, now called the DAM Haus) in Davis California (where I lived) right around Christmas time. Their first two 7 inches were a huge eye-opener to me, and became a pretty important reference point of the early 90's low-fi movement. Two beers and I'll say this about a lot of stuff, but seriously, the first two Butterglory records, from songs to recording style to cover art, are two of my favorite records in my collection.
Boring Side Note – Once while on tour, after what was going to be an all night drive, my road-burned band called Matt Suggs at 1AM (as a friend of a friend) and asked to stay at his basement apartment in Kansas. Dude not only took our sorry, broke asses in, but fed us cheap beer as long as we stayed up with him all night shooting the shit. His apartment was covered in Planet Of The Apes collectibles and every conversation was about how someone we knew "could have made some money" or how if you did a tour right "you could make some money". Sweet fucking dude. After a couple of solid Butterglory LPs, and a few solo records to boot, I hope Matt made some fucking money.
Butterglory - Alexander Bends
Butterglory - Better Gardens, Better Homes
Butterglory - Bike
Butterglory - Back Of My Hand
Butterglory - You Are The Drum
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April 28th, 2009 at 9:36 am
I think Bagpipe Operation played that Davis show too. Crazy. I had forgotten all about that gig.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
i saw that show for sure, that’s where i got my BPO 7″.