Radiant (Iris album)
Radiant is the fifth studio album by the electropop band Iris, released on October 24, 2014 through Dependent Records.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Released | October 24, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock, indietronica, electropop | |||
| Length | 45:05 | |||
| Label | Dependent Records | |||
| Producer | Andrew Sega | |||
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Background
In a 2012 interview, Andrew Sega said that while writing "Cruel Silence" from the album Blacklight, he knew it "had a non-zero chance of being the last song on the last ever Iris album."[6] After finishing the U.S. tour for Blacklight, Reagan Jones and Sega parted ways due to a tour argument, and Iris was put on hold.[1] There was more than a year of silence between the band members, and Sega thought that Iris would never again release another album.[7] However, this ended when Jones sent Sega three demo songs, which would form the basis of Radiant.[1][7] In 2014, Iris signed with Dependent Records.[2][4]
According to Sega, "[Radiant] is the story of a man who all of a sudden sees his world within a new environment and realises how bright and radiant it can truly be, if one looks upon it with different eyes."[1]
The album was mastered at Timeless Mastering in Brooklyn, New York using entirely analog recording.[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Reagan Jones and Andrew Sega
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Another Way" | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Phenom" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Wayseer" | 4:13 |
| 4. | "In the Clear" | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Sound Becomes Waves" | 7:08 |
| 6. | "Don't Cry" | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Infinite Yonder" | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Cries of Insanity" | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Rewired" | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Sight Unseen" | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Life in a Forest" | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 45:05 | |
Personnel
- Reagan Jones - vocals, songwriting, keyboards
- Andrew Sega - keyboards, guitars, programming, production
References
- "Radiant". Dependent Records. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- "Dependent sign Iris: new album "Radiant" almost completed!". Peek-a-Boo. April 23, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- Vorndran, Daniela (April 24, 2014). "IRIS - Sign to DEpendent Records - new album "Radiant" almost completed!". Reflections of Darkness. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- "Iris: Neues Album bei Dependent / auf Tour mit Seabound im April". Sonic Seducer. April 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- Messner, Sonja (April 18, 2014). "IRIS – unterzeichnen bei Dependent Records". Tombstone. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- Ward, J. (November 2, 2012). "INTERVIEW: IRIS". Coma. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- "IRIS have just finished their new album: RADIANT, a manifest of intense electronic craftmanship". Dependent Records. August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- "Mastering the new record at Timeless in Brooklyn (TRUST, Haerts, etc), in 100% analog!". Iris. March 26, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.