Cyber Crimes

Rock N' Roll Death

From the upcoming LP, "Apotheosis Pageant".

Produced & Mixed by Matia Simovich
at Infinite Power Studios in Los Angeles, CA
with Assistant Engineer, Grover Greenberg

Mastered by Josh Bonati

Fertile Energy

Dune Altar (DA-042)

The sonic equivalent of standing on a beach as a tidal wave approaches, listening to IRESS is to be aware of certain devastation, yet grateful to witness something so terrifyingly beautiful, and transfixed in anticipation for whatever happens next.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2010, IRESS employ dark, commanding elements of shoegaze, slowcore and metal, swelling in moments of cinematic-like crescendo. Dubbed the “Adele of Doom” by her local LA music peers, frontwoman Michelle Malley’s vocals have the power to envelop with smokey warmth, destroy with anguished belting, and arrest with unbelievable restraint. Bassist, Michael Maldonado, provides the much-needed anchor in the bewitching melodies and reverb, while drummer, Glenn Chu, pushes unrelentingly forward. Guitarist, Graham Walker, joined in 2022 instigating a new, more collaborative way of working for the band. This chemistry is undeniable on stage as the intentionality applied to live performances leaves audiences stunned to silence in moments, brought to tears in others when impaled by Malley’s emotional screams, all the while supplying a satisfying amount of crushing distortion to head bang through.

The success of Iress’ newfound anatomy can also be heard in the exceptionally composed, staggering wave of doomgazey sound on the upcoming Solace EP, which tells the story of the brutal reality of change: inevitable, painful and beautiful.

Solace

Blush

IRESS - Blush

Broken

too cold for your touch nobody ever wanted to love me too much 
staring at your face in the mirror for three hours straight
you didn't like what you see
standing in witch cemetery 
standing in witch cemetery
standing in witch cemetery, you didn't like what you see 

I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there

too cold for your touch nobody ever wanted to love me too much 
staring at your face in the mirror for three hours straight
you didn't like what you see
standing in witch cemetery 
standing in witch cemetery
standing in witch cemetery, you didn't like what you see 

I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there
I was buried there, oh I was buried there, oh I was buried there

witch cemetery

from LP "Giftgarten" out in September 2016 on Chondritic Sound & Avant! Records, CD on Sleepless Records Berlin.

Omission (from the forthcoming Giftgarten LP)

Zeros

Machines

Crush

Vocals: Shari Vari (Void Vision)
Bass/Drum Programming: Frank Deserto
Synths: Natalie Kocsis
Guitars: Greg Fasolino and Eddie Raison
Produced by Xavier Paradis
Mastered by Chris King

IRESS - Blush

DUNE ALTAR

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