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Iris new sound & album

static_icon | houston, tx United States | 02/11/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ok....first this cd/single is really good, clearly you can heard the new sound of IRIS. The vocal always at a perfection, the lyrics are so powerful that gives my the chills; there are some awesome remixes too.Now if you haven't get the "Awakening" album there's omething wrong with you! I reather talk about it more than the single.
Every song is so good!!!!! great lyrics about love, lost, lust, very romantic. It's is hard to rate each song because all are amazing, the biggest suprise is the remake of SEVEN RED SEVEN "your're the answer", the electronics are out of this world! The album has a progressive pop sound, with great ballads too. For me IRIS is the best American electropop, and this should be the best of 2003!! don't wait buy it! or order from their site, you won't be dissapointed."

Different, but [good] nonetheless. Worth the cash.

Adam Prestin | milford, CT USA | 10/22/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm not a synthpop junkie, but I purchased this disc anyways with no expectations whatsoever. The minute-long clip they'd posted seemed cool enough. The album mix is perfectly clear on my main setup. Sounds excellent in every aspect of the word. The track itself is addictive as hell, with well-defined rhythm, awesome textures, an awesome lead vocal (including the melody) of ambiguously great lyrics. Some of your friends may laugh at the intro the first time they hear it, but play it a few more times and they'll have some part of it stuck in their head. Overall, excellent.Matt's sub rosa mix is the one I'd play for my friends if they listened to anything like this type of music---which none of them seem to do. Nice placement of the vocals, and just a general club groove feel. Definitely a keeper; made me want to buy a sub.The spatial dub mix rocks. Loaded with effects and atmosphere. In-your face, aggressive, and a great listen on a pair of nice speakers. All sorts of stuff going on here.Everlasting love mix takes things back a notch. Classic tracker-style arpeggios a la stuff like Andrew's (the producer's) track Point of Departure. Almost brings back memories. Not my favorite mix, but it'll find it's way into quite a few playlists.Datguy's mix dances around the core of the song, which may be a good thing since he posted it on his site well before the album came out. Fitting end to the disc, with almost a liquid texture going throughout. Lots of delay on the channels in this mix. Probably the one that I could most easily get away with playing to my hallmates, who are relatively accepting of downtempo music.I sent the album mix to a friend who said it was 'devoid of musicality.' Oh well. Doesn't know what he's missing, I really doubt your reaction will be the same if you're into anything along these lines. It's damn good stuff. Overall, a great track spread out amongst 5 diverse and well-above-average mixes. This is the first time I'm actually awaiting future single releases from a group. If you -are- into synthpop, I'm quite shocked you don't own this already. Seems like you're missing out on something completely different that just plain rocks. 9/10"