Arc Iris by Arc Iris

Arc Iris

Arc Iris

2014

Arc Iris is a Alt/Indie album by Arc Iris, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • layered
  • whimsical
  • art school

About

Jocie Adams is a classically trained composer and multi-instrumentalist who did time with the Americana indie band Low Anthem before packing up her love of classical, cabaret, ‘70s folk, and even big-band music and trekking off in search of a decidedly different project. She took up with a new crew of friends to play with an expanded assortment of musical toys, including cello, trumpets, banjo, trombone, and plenty of keyboards and percussion. <i>Arc Iris</i> is the stunningly wide-ranged debut with Adams directing the parade: it’s a festival of marching horns, bluesy piano, sighing pedal steel, and playful cello parts that sometimes bellow like a didgeridoo. Adams’ voice is like a more subdued, Malibu-inflected Björk, and her way with stylistic shifts and melody is informed, confident, and restrained. The muted booming percussion, twinkling acoustic guitar, and banjo over a warm backwash of cello and trumpet on “Whiskey Man” is enchanting, and the frisky banjos and piano on “Money Gnomes” has a sweet, carnivalesque feel. <i>Arc Iris</i> touches a crazy number of musical markers, but overall it can be tagged as a smart, extremely musical, and adventurous outing that’s full of surprises.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Money Gnomes3:42
  2. 2Lost on Me4:24
  3. 3Whiskey Man3:00
  4. 4Canadian Cowboy6:37
  5. 5Singing so Sweetly3:51
  6. 6Ditch4:24
  7. 7Honor of the Rainbows I2:57
  8. 8Honor of the Rainbows II6:23
  9. 9Powder Train4:11
  10. 10Might I Deserve to Have a Dream4:48
  11. 11Swimming5:31

Credits

Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold