The debut record is available EVERYWHERE now!! Get it anywhere good music is sold including Anti-'s store, Amazon, Rough Trade, Amoeba, your local record store, iTunes and more!
UK/EU RELEASE DAY
The Arc Iris debut album is available TODAY in the UK and much of Europe! Go out and get it anywhere good music is sold or via our label Bella Union.
CRITICAL PRAISE FOR ARC IRIS
Here are some nice things people are saying about the new record!
“…songs that seesawed between the elfin delicacy of Joanna Newsom and some brassy raucousness” - The New York Times
“Arc Iris frontwoman Jocie Adams may be floating on the water under the warm moonlight in the video for "Whiskey Man," but her amazing voice is the standout on this track.” - Rolling Stone
“Befitting Bob Dylan’s notorious proclamation that “traditional music…comes about from legends, Bibles, plagues and revolves around vegetables and death”, Arc Iris is traditional music thrillingly positioned at the nexus of the old and new." - The Line of Best Fit
“Arc Iris is the sound of an artist reborn. The band’s self-titled debut…brims with whimsy and flights of fancy, informed as much by Joni Mitchell as it is by ’70s prog-rock, Björk’s sonic experiments, and sweeping film soundtracks. It’s hypnotic.” -The Boston Globe
“They are rather hard to fathom. Not so much because they're creating an as-yet-unrecognisable hybrid of extreme musics but because they do so many different things under the one banner. One minute they're an alt country band, the next they're coming on like Liza Minelli in Cabaret… A shape-shifting treat.” - The Guardian
“A whimsical collaboration of sound and sight [of the video for “Singing So Sweetly”]” -Filter Magazine
“A deliriously ambitious collection of songs birthed from folk and country traditions, cabaret, jazz and classical, and seventies pop.” - WXPN
NEW YORK TIMES ALBUM STREAM
The New York Times and The Line of Best Fit (for our friends outside the USA) are both streaming our debut, self-titled album this week before it is released on April 1st! Check it out and pre-order here.
THE HUFFINGTON POST PREMIERES "CANADIAN COWBOY"
The Huffington Post has premiered "Canadian Cowboy" from the new album here.
ARC IRIS AT SXSW
WHISKEY MAN VIDEO PREMIERES ON ROLLING STONE AND CLASH
ROLLING STONE and CLASH have premiered the video for "Whiskey Man." It was directed by the incomparable Matt Wignall.
DOWNLOAD "WHISKEY MAN" FREE
Download HERE! Video coming soon...
2014 MAY EUROPEAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
Arc Iris will head over to Europe for their first tour in May. Tour dates and ticket links are here with several more to be added soon!
May 1 - Ireland, Dublin, The Workman's Club
May 2 - UK, Manchester, Night & Day
May 3 - UK, Leeds, Live in Leeds
May 6 - UK, Bristol, Louisiana
May 7 - UK, London, Bush Hall
May 9 - UK, Brighton, Brighthelm - Great Escape / The Fly stage
May 11 - The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso
May 13 - France, Paris, Les Trois Baudets
May 16 -Germany, Berlin, Privatclub
May 17 - Belgium, Brussels, Grand Salon De Concert - Les Nuits Botanique
DOWNLOAD "SINGING SO SWEETLY" FREE
Download "Singing So Sweetly" for free HERE.
THE LINE OF BEST FIT FEATURES "SINGING SO SWEETLY"
Check out the write-up here.
FILTER PREMIERS "SINGING SO SWEETLY" VIDEO
We are so excited to share the first song and video off the new album. FILTER Magazine premiered "Singing So Sweetly," which our friend Anne Beal directed and animated. Check it out here.
Source: http://filtermagazine.com
ARC IRIS SIGNS TO ANTI- & BELLA UNION
Welcome to our brand new site! We have the most exciting new to start off with: Arc Iris will release its debut, self-titled record with the amazing labels ANTI- in North America and BELLA UNION in the rest of the world on April 1st.