Eden Iris - The Fuchsia & The Grey (2021)

The Fuchsia & The Grey is the debut album by New Zealand artist Eden Iris, who has been described as “an artist who is always in a tune of her own” (Come Here Floyd). The album is available worldwide April 9th and explores Eden’s compelling range as a musician and a storyteller. It is a hauntingly sweet pocket of authentic indie-folk which she has discovered and made her home.

One of Eden’s strengths is that she is not afraid to dance with her blues. Perhaps the boldest song on the album is the opening track, Death is a Teacher, an unusual and uplifting anthem for grief. The song took Iris several years to write and is a mystical and vulnerable account of Iris having several friends pass away over the last few years. In the song’s lyrics, Eden personifies death as a teacher who visits her from time to time: “When she’s at my door, I greet her with my head hung low”.