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Misery Is a Butterfly
Rock · 2004 · 11 tracks

Misery Is a Butterfly

Blonde Redhead

Lush baroque arrangements meet fragile, ethereal vocals. A cinematic shift from noise-rock into a haunting, string-laden fairytale world.

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It's like a beautiful, tragic fairytale told through weeping violins and ghostly whispers.

A sophisticated, cinematic sadness that feels both fragile and immaculately composed.

Misery Is a Butterfly · vs · Blonde Redhead
Autumn Walk+3.5σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Elephant Woman
4:49
02
Messenger
3:22
03
Melody
4:37
04
Doll Is Mine
3:06
05
Misery Is a Butterfly
5:08
06
Falling Man
3:27
07
Anticipation
4:05
08
Maddening Cloud
3:20
09
Magic Mountain
3:03
10
Pink Love
6:13
11
Equus
3:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sweeping, tragic violin swell that introduces Elephant Woman, setting a cinematic tone for the entire record.
Kazu Makino's fragile, high-register plea during the title track as the rhythm section maintains a clock-like precision.
The frantic, galloping drum pattern and staccato strings on Equus that mimic the animalistic tension of the lyrics.
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