The Irises | nl

The Irises serve up ten slabs of spectacularly melodic intense glam pop rock songs on their auspicious debut CD Not Good In Bed. From the opening crashing guitar chords of “What’s Gonna Happen Now” to the bittersweet conclusion of “Betty’s On Parade”, The Irises move from soaring to searing vocals, with lyrics that cut deeper than Ginsu carving knives, and picture perfect melodies. Song characters range from aging performers to tragic hostesses, delusional romantics, riot grrrls, missing rock stars and beauty pageant queens. “Perfect Boyfriend” has the year’s best line in a pop song with: “She throws a real great...