Radiant is the fifth studio album by the electropop band Iris, released on October 24, 2014 through Dependent Records.[1][2][3][4][5]

Radiant
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 2014
GenreElectronic rock, indietronica, electropop
Length45:05
LabelDependent Records
ProducerAndrew Sega
Iris chronology
Blacklight
(2010)
Radiant
(2014)

Background

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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

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All tracks are written by Reagan Jones and Andrew Sega

No.TitleLength
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Radiant". Dependent Records. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Dependent sign Iris: new album "Radiant" almost completed!". Peek-a-Boo. April 23, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Vorndran, Daniela (April 24, 2014). "IRIS – Sign to DEpendent Records – new album "Radiant" almost completed!". Reflections of Darkness. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Iris: Neues Album bei Dependent / auf Tour mit Seabound im April". Sonic Seducer. April 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Messner, Sonja (April 18, 2014). "IRIS – unterzeichnen bei Dependent Records". Tombstone. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  6. ^ Ward, J. (November 2, 2012). "INTERVIEW: IRIS". Coma. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "IRIS have just finished their new album: RADIANT, a manifest of intense electronic craftmanship". Dependent Records. August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
  8. ^ "Mastering the new record at Timeless in Brooklyn (TRUST, Haerts, etc), in 100% analog!". Iris. March 26, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.