Iris: It Generates Review
Originally
I planned on listening to the whole album of Wrath, but that took to
long and I really want to talk about the best Iris song ever. That's
exactly what I'm going to do. However, I must inform the world about the band, so band history time.
Andrew and Reagan
Reagan
Jones and Andrew Sega the two people that make up the band Iris. Iris
formed in my birth year, 1993, and have been trucking along ever
since. Andrew replaced Mat Morris after he left because he didn't
like the direction the band was going in after the first album. So
then he was replaced by Andrew and he helped push their sound in an
experimental direction and out popped Awakening. After that album
(reached number 1 in Poland mainstream charts) came the follow up
album Wrath.
I'm
almost definite this was the first song I heard from Iris. "It
Generates" is a synthpop track with a catchy bass and the most
infectious chorus ever. When it comes on Pandora I seriously have to
press pause after it ends just to listen to it at least ten more
times on iTunes because I can't listen to it just once. The guitar
and bass add a nice touch to it because it's not something commonly
found in synth pop or any other genre heavily electronic based.
Reagan
Jones has a beautiful voice. I fell in love with it almost instantly
and I continue to love just about every other Iris song I've heard.
I'll get to the not so great songs at a later date. Speaking of not
so great things, I hate that last awkward minute of the song. I tried
to tolerate it but I ended up cutting out in Audacity so instead of a
3 minute and change song it now only lasts for 2:44.
Now
that the complaints are out of the way, time to brag about how
awesome it is again. I think this might be the best track off of
Wrath, I like one other song Land of Fire I believe is the name but
it does not hold my attention the way "It Generates" does.
"It Generates," is like a drug and I am completely addicted
to it with no plans on going to rehab for my addiction. I can not
describe my love for this song in any other way. It's such a happy
and upbeat song there's part of me that refuses to believe anyone
could hate it. I know some people will because Pandora says in their
bio for the band that they were once described as disposable but I
digress.
It
sounds happy and upbeat until you really think about the chorus which
is this:
"It
generates your life
It
generates your low
It
found a way inside
It
left a gaping hole
Let
us sound the alarm let a warning rage.
Before
it's gone and you leave another body"
Then
it gets really dark in my opinion. Something got inside someone, left
a hole (in their heart I'm guessing) and it has happened before to a
point where a body was left. I doubt it's a physical meaning of
someone murdered someone. Unless it is and that would be the ultimate
twist. Sometimes I like to check songmeanings.com for other people's
opinions on songs and this was one of those cases.
Everyone
said it had something to do with religion and I was like shut up
you're wrong. No I didn't literally type that as a comment, but I
wanted to. No I don't think they're wrong for having an opinion I
just disagree with it being about religion. I'm at a point where I'm
not even sure what the song is about myself, but I do know I can
relate to this song on some level because in honesty it reminds me of
when someone has to show up, piss me off, and then run off like
they're not going to pay for it in end. I'm not a physical person,
but I will chew a person out if I feel they deserve it. So in a
sense, the it would be anger, getting inside and leaving a hole. The
people around them would be 'sounding the alarm' which would mean
telling them they'd better go apologize for being a damn idiot,
before I get the chance to verbally kick them in the face.
That's
what I thought about earlier in the week... then again I have a
tendency to think some really messed up things.
So
to sum things up Iris is a pretty decent band, Reagan Jones' vocals
are perfect in this song, and I recommend that everyone listens to
it. Thank you Pandora for showing me another awesome band. I highly
appreciate it.
