Directionless Being

Your Words Sound Sweet But Mean Nothing

If The World Wasn't Round

Written, Recorded and Produced by Butternut Sweetheart
Mixed by Sam Cromack
Mastered by Isaac Barter
Film Clip by Marcus Coblyn https://youtu.be/lh8looDP-Z4

Cold Modern Life

Call Me

Butternut Sweetheart is the musical project of Sydney based multi-instrumentalist and producer Luke Moseley. Although officially formed in late 2018, Butternut Sweetheart has been percolating below the surface for years. Created purely as an avenue for artist expression, Moseley pushes musical boundaries by creating a sense that the songs have evolved from dark, smouldering embers of a dying fire or a helicopter blade slicing through an unripe avocado. Making someone ask the question ‘is that a guitar? is that a keyboard? is that human?’

Inspired by difficult to define artists such as Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tuneyards, and Melodies Echo Chamber, Butternut Sweetheart songs are a warping mélange of electronic and organic production and the centrepiece of this project.

New single "Bury Me" deals with some dark issues but in an unexpected way. As described by Moseley below:

"Expressing grief is not something that comes naturally to me. “Bury Me” became my way of processing a feeling of overwhelming emotional emptiness. My emotional self was buried, and I was ‘looking for a heartbeat’ or ‘any sign of life’. The song ends with acceptance and embracing my inner ‘death’. As dark as it is, I’m fairly sure there’s a positive message to be found somewhere inside the song." - Luke Moseley / Butternut Sweetheart

Organic source material is manipulated to make it sound like it’s electronic (eg. making a piano sound like a synthesiser) or the flip side - making an electronic sound seem organic (using synths to sound like they have a voice). 

Leading up to the launch of this new project, Moseley forged his path as tour manager and guitar tech for Australian icons such as Rufus Du Sol, Sarah Blasko, The Paper Kites, Matt Corby, and Ball Park Music who he joins on tour in May & June this year.

“I’ll try not to gush too much… it’s right up my alley; dreamy melodic pop with a twist” (Dean Hanson, Ball Park Music, 2018).

Butternut Sweetheart - Bury Me

Butternut Sweetheart is the music of two strangers who unwittingly and simultaneously moved into a ghost town. With little else to distract them, they bonded over their love for the piano and beautifully written indie music. After spending a decade each in service of the music of others as producers, writers, and session musicians, Luke and Jazz shift their collective focus and talents to Butternut Sweetheart.

The wheels of Butternut Sweetheart started spinning in Sydney's Inner West with the release of their first EP, 'Concrete Solid Lung', which "
immersed listeners with delicious, dreamy indie pop" (beat mag).
The release earned the band radio plays (Triple J, Double J RRR, PBS, FBi) and media coverage (Beat Mag, Tonedeaf) as well as national support tours (Ball Park Music, Elana Stone).

Now Melbourne based, the duo turn their eyes to their upcoming EP, 'I've Got My Problems, You've GotYour Dreams’. Sitting at the intersection between alternative rock, electronica and an angular take on indie-pop, this new collection of music explores disconnection and the significance of communal existence in the modern world.

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