Delicate and delicious, Irish alt-rock artist The Butterfly Graveyard is located somewhere between The Blue Nile, Jeff Buckley and the deep blue sea. He makes a fragile music, soft as a butterfly’s wing but sometimes rough and uneven like the underbelly of a leaf, translucent when held up under the light. Vertigo is a glorious alt-rock track which shows off the unique vocal ability of frontman Terence O’Connor.
‘The idea behind this song was to find a word that captures the essence of falling in love. From the soaring heights of a new adventure all the way down to the terrible lows. I was searching for something that might represent love as an illness, a disease or a kind of malady. Something that made you feel dizzy and unsteady on your feet as you stumbled and fumbled your way through the emotional roller-coaster. I then thought of Vertigo which is a sensation that makes the person feel as though they are spinning and could fall at any moment. Ultimately it is a cautionary tale to thread carefully, watch your step, keep climbing higher and higher and remember don’t ever look down.’
Listen to it below:
