Butterfly Child was a Northern Irish group led by the singer/songwriter Joe Cassidy, based in Chicago, Illinois.
Described as "purveyors of shimmering, oceanic rock",[1] the band has released three full-length albums and numerous singles/EPs.
[4] The band signed to Rough Trade Records in 1993 where it released the Ghetto Speak EP and the first full-length album, Onomatopoeia.
[8] Following a lengthy break, Butterfly Child released "No Longer Living In Your Shadow" as a 7" single on Dell'Orso Records in 2012.
On 15 July 2021, Cassidy died of heart problems and sepsis after falling ill earlier in the month.