On 5th May 2013 I travelled from Bristol to West London on a very early National Express coach clutching a hula hoop, a padded envelope stuffed with paper butterflies bought off Etsy, my trusty Luna ukulele, some coloured hair chalk and a purple dress.
Long time collaborator Sammm Agnew did my glorious makeup and hair, my dear friend Dina Karklina attached the butterflies to the hula hoop and wrangled them all day plus took lovely set photos, Cineco provided the studio and lights and Ed Christmas did all the filming.
The video was released as part of The Butterflies Audiovisual EP (digital and physical copies available here) which includes the promo video for “Delete” plus four live videos shot on the Lightship95 studio boat in Trinity Buoy Wharf, London in late 2011. Click to watch “Minefields”, “In This Boat” and “Butterflies”.
The EP was officially launched with a gig at The Rattlesnake, London on 29th August 2013 (listen to/buy the live album here). In the SMW band were Gemma Hill (drums), Mishkin Fitzgerald (vocals), Milly McGregor (violin and backing vocals), Kat Arney (harp) Simon Goff (bass and violin), Kim Boekbinder and The Worry Dolls (guest vocals). Support came from Tristan and Nife and it was a glorious, memorable night of music.
Feel free to ask any questions about the video in the comments!