Caroline Polachek - Butterfly Net (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents Caroline Polachek performing “Butterfly Net” live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 4, 2023
Caroline Polachek - Vocals, Keys
Matthew Horton - Guitar
Maya Roseann Laner - Bass, Vocals
Russell Hozman - Drums
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineers: Julian Martlew, Jon Roberts
Guest Audio Engineer & Audio Mixer: Mikey Weiland
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro, Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen
www.carolinepolachek.com
kexp.org

[@greatheightsu]

This woman is incredible.

[@Kelescope]

lowkey my favorite song on the record. Glad she played this one 😻🥍🪞🦋

[@BrendanMacWade]

I can't deny that Butterfly Net is a really good song, despite some clichés. As Pitchfork editors said, this is a song that a princess sings to herself while looking at her reflection. It pairs really well with Ripples by Genesis (1976). So while it's a song that we olds have sort-of heard before, that organ on the album version, that ethereal bridge and Caroline's flawless vocals lift it up high. And who would have thought that this would be the song that would open to door to collaborations with Natalie Mering / Weyes Blood, well known for her retro 1970s sound?

[@wattsm2]

Yep see Glasto!

[@quanganh5026]

what are some clichés?

[@skylarkennedy9540]

her voice elicits instant goosebumps.

[@josafatgonzalez5839]

Earth went silent
London fell asleep
She dreamed of winter
Where you appeared to me
Perfect timing as new petals in November
A tender creature, a fever
Disarming, fluorescent
There you were
With your mirror
Shining the world all over me
There I was
With my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light
I collected stupid ashes
So that after you'd gone
I could hold onto something
But you stayed unwavering
Through every false goodbye
Unsubsiding, pining
For now and for never
There you were
With your mirror
Shining the world all over me
There I was
With my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light
Oh, if only
The umbrella of the sky
Could wrap us up and up
That's where I'd zoom in close
Dilated as your eyes
Until then I'll keep it brief
Faithful inertia
Her bullet doesn't slow
It seeks and finds me
How far it goes
Heaven help me
Take this bag of wings
And drown it in the Thames
And wake tomorrow hollow
Hardly forgetting
There you were
There I was
With my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light
🥹✨✨

[@tevinbeaty2788]

This songs this out in vivid memory for me. It’s the same old story over and over. You meet someone and they show you a beautiful crystallized world of colors, sensations, feelings. And you’re constantly there trying to capture as much as you can so that initial great high doesn’t go away. But you’re using a net light enough to not damage a butterfly. As gentle as you are you can never catch the light or reflections. To me it’s about being insecure and idolizing the person you’re falling in love with. It’s desperate it’s bright.

[@cybervision_1]

Weyes Blood brought me here, this is an amazing song and performance.

[@jenbloom6848]

My Friday morning has become enchanted with her presence. I’m in awe. 💜

[@shelry.]

the best from the album!!

[@kqed1970]

Ésta fue la canción que más me gustó de la sesión. Tremenda!

[@borisrohland6663]

She IS the moment

[@old7school7]

Beautiful Woman and Beautiful voice...The Group is Great.

[@Lulu-gv3lu]

she‘s pure magic ✨🦋

[@krollpeter]

Love her vocals, excellent

[@overmotion]

caroline polachek

[@base4yrface]

The little sections of dye in Caroline’s hair remind me of the music video for I Belong in Your Arms (Japanese Version)

[@seanmccue1621]

Absolutely beautiful. A real early 70s progressive vibe. 🙌🏼🙏🏼

[@murtaghj]

Just wow x

[@CrystofferZanchet]

she is everything

[@chuchupancho]

outstanding!!!

[@emmanuelotanez4902]

I don't need to watch the video to know that it's beautiful art.

[@figokeem]

Better version than the original. Best video in the entire CZcams. Beautiful Artistry

[@manuelascencio6598]

Omg is this really live? She sounds just like the studio version

[@robertcarolinar]

Love it. Amazing performance. ❤

[@escudos999]

Brilliant!❤

[@anselmojr1459]

Te amo Caroline ❤

[@josafatgonzalez5839]

caroline is amazing her music is the future 🫶🏼

[@rafinhacalazans]

OMFG

[@pauvrelolla]

i love her, this songs amazing

[@zomgoose]

amazing natural voice

[@barnitube]

hermosa cancion¡¡¡

[@ryguyver]

I literally cried…

[@luiz_meurer]

She goes so sharp at the lyrical part - and all composition - is beyond!

[@valentinaoviedo424]

amo a la bajista!

[@HerrMao]

Great!

[@HinataJiraga]

I love it❤

[@liefsillion2825]

It is one thing to get it right in a multi-track studio where you can patiently polish to your heart's desire; but, to get it picture perfect in a single session puts any band at the apex of their game. And, at the centre of this constellation, we find the carnelian in the crown, accompanied by her lamentation of celestial swans. Caroline, the aptly named "song of happiness", is indeed a free woman, and a magical muse manifest in human female form. Oh! If only ... I could honk like that ... and fly so high across the evening sky!

[@umakemehappy4409]

Te amo

[@yarihernandez987]

Es tan preciosa 💖

[@user-tt1nz5ov1n]

Wow....

[@ghost-tz9bg]

bonkers that she sounds this good live 🥵

[@BigBossSquirtle]

This was really good. New fan

[@RuYevon]

Pure poetry

[@wattsm2]

Majical! Voice of an angel 😇 🙌

[@erredird]

Echoes of early King Crimson here, mellotron included. Wonderful!

[@withallduerespectcompletely]

❗❗❗❗❗
She has a bright future ahead of her in the industry.

[@dariavolkova3499]

🤍

[@ash_barron]

Mother

[@valentinaoviedo424]

putain

[@snoweh1]

She seems elfish, granted I know nothing about elves and all that sort of stuff... But if you gave her pointy ears, she's be an elf as far as I know.

[@dandanxcx]

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