Songs for Iris Songs for Iris Copenhagen Songs for Iris is a Copenhagen based pop/folk quintet, and what defines their sound is the playful vocal arrangements between Heidi Mattsson, Jakob Ambeck Vase and Mads Nyland. The combined harmony is exceptional, and accompanied beautifully by 6 and 12 string guitars and violin, bass and cajon As a listener, you will have a wonderful musical and lyrical experience. The original songs explore themes of love and life, with both a melancholic tone and lighter, more humorous stories. The friendship between the members with the playful comments and anecdotes that follow, brings warmth and laughter to any stage. A concert with Songs for Iris is both dreamy, heartfelt, intense and energetic. The three singers met each other while studying Musicology at the University of Copenhagen and in 2011 they released the EP Tales & Lies which brought the band a lot of concerts and airplay with the single Fighting Life Alone on the Danish and Irish national charts. Furthermore it enabled Heidi Mattsson to be a part of the critically acclaimed project called "Udenfor Sæsonen". On the 5th of February 2015 they released their debut album Let's Begin. The album has been well received by the danish media and several songs have found their way to the danish radio stations. These days the band is working on a new EP which is due in august 2016. The first single ´Heroin´ was released on the 19th of February 2016. Iris is Heidi's grandmother. She was the first to inspire the songwriter to write her own songs. Every time Heidi visited Iris she'd bring with her an old tape with her own recorded music and Iris would listen and ask for more. So when Jakob quite randomly suggested Songs for Iris as a band name it all came together, and in a way the band now carries that old tradition. Live setup Heidi Mattsson - Vocals and Acoustic guitar Mads Nyland - Vocals and Acoustic 12-string guitar Jakob Ambeck Vase - Vocals and Cajon Gertrud Joyce Borchsenius - Violin Torben W. Pedersen - Bass Songs for Iris’s tracks For The Better by Songs for Iris published on 2016-08-14T16:34:06Z The Feather & The Rock by Songs for Iris published on 2016-08-14T16:34:09Z Heroin by Songs for Iris published on 2016-08-14T16:34:21Z Heroin by Songs for Iris published on 2016-02-15T12:11:05Z
