ALTHOUGH their slot at Funk N Fest fell through with the festival\u2019s cancellation, nine-piece band Butterfunked are looking forward to releasing their upcoming EP.<\/p>\n
With a tour lined up and talks of overseas shows, lead vocalist of the musical group Anna Wright said that last year\u2019s cancellations were devastating for the band.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty soul crushing because we were booked out for like three months, we had a shortlist for the Byron Bay Bluesfest and were set to support artists like the Sweethearts, then everything got cancelled,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve only just started booking a couple more gigs, a community festival in Werribee as well as being the only band representing Ballarat at the Airies Inlet Open Mic Festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter lockdown, it really showed us that we do need to get stuff out there and we\u2019re focusing on releasing music.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the band\u2019s emphasis having shifted towards recording and producing music, the group are excited to launch their upcoming EP over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n
Predominantly a collection of tracks they\u2019ve played at gigs for years, Wright said everyone\u2019s really excited to get the songs out there in a professional sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really fun and collaborative which is the best part because we recorded it at Kindred Studios which is to do with Vic Uni in Yarraville,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe day we recorded it, we got all the uni students who were there that day and this group of year 11 and 12 students to come and yell on one of our tracks,<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited to release a lot of these tracks, one in particular called Its Sensitivity which is about growing up with my grandmother\u2019s influence, she\u2019s a Jewish refugee from the holocaust, and it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve written about that so it\u2019s really cool to release.\u201d<\/p>\n
Forming the band years earlier while studying in high school, Wright said the music scene in Ballarat was the reason they all found each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough, the original members are only me, Bevan and Connor and then we met everyone else through gigging and friends, it\u2019s a pretty diverse band in terms of all of our backgrounds,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cKarova had a big part to do with us all meeting as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all early twenties, our youngest is turning 20 this year, but we\u2019ve been together for four years to started when we were all 17.\u201d<\/p>\n
From writing lyrics to producing the tracks, the nine young members of Butterfunked do it completely independently, a system which drums player Matt Murray said works best.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the amount that we record and level of detail we like to go into the production, I think it\u2019s best that we do it all ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of members in the band have outside influences as well that are completely different to the actual genre and you can hear a bit of that come through in certain songs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a couple of songs on the EP that\u2019s coming out in a few months that have a big psychedelic influence, a bit spacey and weird, but also ties into the band\u2019s sound anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ALTHOUGH their slot at Funk N Fest fell through with the festival\u2019s cancellation, nine-piece band Butterfunked are looking forward to releasing their upcoming EP. With a tour lined up and talks of overseas shows, lead vocalist of the musical group Anna Wright said that last year\u2019s cancellations were devastating for the band. \u201cIt was pretty […]<\/p>\n