Butterflies Don't Go Away is a compilation album by American indie rock band Majesty Crush, released by The Numero Group in 2024. It collects the band's sole album, Love 15, and various singles from throughout their discography.[1]
| Butterflies Don't Go Away | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by | |
| Released | March 29, 2024 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 93:18 |
| Label | Numero Group |
Background
editMajesty Crush was together from 1990 to 1995. After the Chameleon record label, which released Love 15, shut down, the band received the master tapes for the album but was unable to sign with Elektra, who owned Chameleon. Struggling to stay together, the band lost their drummer and released the Sans Muscles EP and a split single with Spare Snare before disbanding. In 2009, Full Effect Records released a compilation titled I Love You In Different Cities: The Best of Majesty Crush.[2]
After the passing of former lead singer David Stroughter in 2017,[3] conversations began to find the band's master tapes. In 2019, Hobey Echlin, who had played bass for the band, received a Facebook DM from a woman in Minnesota who claimed to have the tapes through a friend who was given them by Stroughter.[4] She was able to send them over to Echlin. The first usage of the masters came in 2020, when Third Man Records featured "No. 1 Fan" from Love 15 as the leading track of Southeast of Saturn, a release compiling shoegaze and indie rock bands from the Michigan area.[5]
In March 2023, the band began asking around for photos and videos for a "series of digital and physical releases" through an at-the-time undisclosed label.[6] The label was shortly thereafter revealed to be Numero Group.[7]
Release and promotion
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[8] |
| Mojo |   |
In anticipation of its release, Numero Group released several songs from the album as digital singles and advertised the compilation on their social media to raise interest in the release.
Pitchfork reviewer David Glickman gave the album a score of 8 and described it as "a melding of the unsavory and sweet, raw lust and desire amplified tenfold by tense basslines and waves of pillowy distortion."
Mojo reviewer Stevie Chick gave the album three stars and said that the compilation "showcases a band that were melodically complex".[9]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Boyfriend" | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Uma" | 3:07 |
| 3. | "No. 1 Fan" | 3:45 |
| 4. | "Brand" | 4:54 |
| 5. | "Purr" (Interlude) | 1:08 |
| 6. | "Seles" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Grow" | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Pretty Head" (Interlude) | 0:55 |
| 9. | "Cicciolina" | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Penny for Love" | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Skin" (Interlude) | 0:44 |
| 12. | "Feigned Sleep" | 5:31 |
| 13. | "Horse" | 6:48 |
| 14. | "No. 1 Fan" (EP version) | 3:53 |
| 15. | "Worri" | 4:55 |
| 16. | "Horse" (EP version) | 5:33 |
| 17. | "Sunny Pie" | 4:52 |
| 18. | "Cicciolina" (single version) | 4:12 |
| 19. | "Purr" (Davies 7" version) | 4:12 |
| 20. | "Space Between Your Moles" | 4:37 |
| 21. | "Seine" | 3:44 |
| 22. | "If JFA Were Still Together" | 4:43 |
| 23. | "Ghost of Fun" | 6:48 |
| Total length: | 1:33:18 | |
- Tracks 1-13 originally appeared on Love 15 (1993, Dali/Chameleon)
- Tracks 14-17 originally appeared on Fan (1992, Vulva)
- Track 18 originally appeared on "Sunny Pie" b/w "Cicciolina" (1991, Vulva)
- Track 19 originally appeared on "Grow" b/w "Purr" (1992, Davies)
- Tracks 20-23 originally appeared on Sans Muscles (1994, Vulva)
Personnel
editMajesty Crush
- David Stroughter - vocals
- Michael Segal - guitar
- Hobey Echlin - bass
- Odell Nails - drums
Production
- Michael Graves - mastering
- David Feeny, Mike Clark, Tim Pak, The Nehra Brothers - engineering
- Carrie Kelly - photography
- Jana Gautschy - project manager
- Ken Shipley, Rob Sevier - reissue producer
- Judson Picco - editing
- Will Lovell - transcription
References
edit- ^ Badgley, Aaron (March 29, 2024). "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: MAJESTY CRUSH - BUTTERFLIES DON'T GO AWAY". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Sprawl of Sound | OC Weekly". February 3, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "David Stroughter, 1966-2017: A remembrance | City Slang". February 6, 2017. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Legendary Shoegaze Band Majesty Crush Released Career-Spanning Double LP Via Numero Group". THOUGHTS WORDS ACTION. April 1, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
- ^ Thomas, Fred. "Majesty Crush - 'Butterflies Don't Go Away' - Bio". Google Docs. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Group, Numero (March 21, 2023). "Majesty Crush: now on Numero. Stream "Boyfriend" and pre-save their Love 15 album dropping 7/13/23. You know what to do". twitter.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Glickman, David. "Majesty Crush: Butterflies Don't Go Away Album Review". Pitchfork.
- ^ Crush, Majesty (April 14, 2024). "Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved April 20, 2024.