BRAIDS ANNOUNCES 'DEEP IN THE IRIS', RELEASES FIRST SINGLE "MINISKIRT"
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Montreal three-piece Braids have announced Deep in The Iris —their third album with Flemish Eye— due April 28, 2015. The band has also released a teaser to the album: the first single “Miniskirt”.
To record Deep In The Iris, Braids decamped to a series of retreats in the mountains of Arizona, a farm in Vermont, and a gorgeous location in upstate New York. Surrounded by nature in all its warm vitality, the longtime bandmates strove to shed the fabric of their day to day relationships, being bare and vulnerable before one another. What resulted is Deep In The Iris, their strongest record to date – powerful, yet fragile; immaculately sculpted, but deeply human.
Driven by roomy acoustic instrumentation and tasteful electronics, Deep In The Iris is easily Braids’ sunniest and most immediate record. While the icy, airless production of their second album Flourish // Perish suited the songs' inward gaze, the widescreen warmth and full-bodied punch of Deep In The Iris are the perfect complement to its unflinching lyricism.
Raphaelle Standell has always had a formidable voice but rarely has it sounded as vital, focused, and powerful as it does here. True to the process that birthed it, the record explores a number of heavy subjects, including pornography, abuse, and slutshaming. Standell's emotional vulnerability becomes a triumphant weapon in its own right: scything through wrongdoing and shame with equal aplomb, and clearing the way for the many others who will find resonance in the bravery of these lyrics. Written from a place of inspiring strength and unblinking lucidity, the lyricism of this record is a cathartic gift.
The stunning album artwork for Deep In The Iris includes a lavish twelve page colour booklet featuring photos from the year that the band spent working on the album in scenic locales. Deep In The Iris is available across Canada April 28th.
Braids online:
http://braidsmusic.com/
http://www.flemisheye.com/braids
http://braidsmusic.com/
https://twitter.com/braidsmusic
www.killbeatmusic.com / http://twitter.com/killbeat
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The Montreal band’s follow-up to “Flourish // Perish” out on April 28 via Flemish Eye in Canada
Montreal three-piece Braids have announced Deep in The Iris —their third album with Flemish Eye— due April 28, 2015. The band has also released a teaser to the album: the first single “Miniskirt”.
To record Deep In The Iris, Braids decamped to a series of retreats in the mountains of Arizona, a farm in Vermont, and a gorgeous location in upstate New York. Surrounded by nature in all its warm vitality, the longtime bandmates strove to shed the fabric of their day to day relationships, being bare and vulnerable before one another. What resulted is Deep In The Iris, their strongest record to date – powerful, yet fragile; immaculately sculpted, but deeply human.
Driven by roomy acoustic instrumentation and tasteful electronics, Deep In The Iris is easily Braids’ sunniest and most immediate record. While the icy, airless production of their second album Flourish // Perish suited the songs' inward gaze, the widescreen warmth and full-bodied punch of Deep In The Iris are the perfect complement to its unflinching lyricism.
Raphaelle Standell has always had a formidable voice but rarely has it sounded as vital, focused, and powerful as it does here. True to the process that birthed it, the record explores a number of heavy subjects, including pornography, abuse, and slutshaming. Standell's emotional vulnerability becomes a triumphant weapon in its own right: scything through wrongdoing and shame with equal aplomb, and clearing the way for the many others who will find resonance in the bravery of these lyrics. Written from a place of inspiring strength and unblinking lucidity, the lyricism of this record is a cathartic gift.
The stunning album artwork for Deep In The Iris includes a lavish twelve page colour booklet featuring photos from the year that the band spent working on the album in scenic locales. Deep In The Iris is available across Canada April 28th.
Braids online:
http://braidsmusic.com/
http://www.flemisheye.com/braids
http://braidsmusic.com/
https://twitter.com/braidsmusic
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