The last couple of years have been a sensational ride for fans of The Butterfly Effect. The popular group seemed to be gone after it’s sad farewell in 2012, but then in 2018 Clint Boge returned and the band hit the road again. Then came a brand new single and now the band have just announced they will be performing at the Good Things Festival… but wait there is more. As HEAVY Mag had the opportunity to chat to Boge he admitted that fans have something else to look forward to as well.
“Yeah man, it is just over a decade,” he says as we discuss just how long it has been since The Butterfly Effect played at a festival. “It was Big Day Out 2009, that was the last we graced a festival stage. We did the national tour and it was great – and that is what it is about festivals, man, it just has that different energy. When you are doing the smaller club shows and it is under your own headline it’s different. You kind of feel a little bit more pressure, but with a festival, you can just let it all hang out, you just play the bangers… I use that term in adverted commas and use it loosely. You just play the fun stuff, you rock out for 45, it’s high-energy, it’s high-paced and everybody is into it. Then you go and have a couple of sherbets after the gig and everybody is in that party mode because it is just so much fun.”
As we chat we begin to reflect on the reception that The Butterfly Effect have received from their fans since returning. “We did the tour in August and we were filling venues like The Forum,” says Boge humbly. “That is amazing after being away for so long. I know we did the tour in 2018 which was also amazing because there was some trepidation and we were quite anxious about coming back because we were wondering if anybody would still want to see the band. But as soon as we put it on sale and it sold out within minutes you breathe that sigh of relief and you go ‘shit there are still a lot of fans out there wanting to see the band and they want to hear new music.’ That gives you a sense of relevancy. After I left the band in 2012 I went out into covers land. I was playing covers in bars and pubs and I have to say it was a very humbling and eye-opening experience and I still do it, I still play covers on weekends here and there.
Next year marks a very special time for the band… its twentieth anniversary and Boge admits that the band has something very special planned for fans. “We’ve been working on new music,” he admits. “We are about six or seven demos deep and some of the stuff is sounding really good. Some are really big and are twisting and turning like ‘World’s On Fire’ on Final Conversation Of Kings and some are a little bit heavier and harking back to Begins Here, so it is a good smattering of the three albums and I think that comes with evolving as you do. Not only that but when you come back after being gone for so long it is almost like you are coming back with fresh ears like you have a fresh perspective for the first time.”
The Butterfly Effect will be appearing at Good Things Festival.
