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Eden Iris is a musician from New Zealand who has been described as "an artist with the ambition to carve out her own niche" with an "unusual and distinct voice” (Demerara Records). Her recent single “Worse Things” premiered in Billboard magazine online in November of 2020.

In recent years, Iris has co-written with grammy-nominated songwriters such as Maia Sharp (Dixie Chicks), Rune Westberg (Colbie Colait), Jamie Candiloro (Ryan Adams, R.E.M) and Bruce Lynch (Kate Bush). She has performed at The Hotel Cafe several times opening for touring artists such as Mark Scibilia. Her past six singles have all received multiple plays on Los Angeles largest adult alternative radio station, KCSN - with two of them being featured as "fresh squeeze of the day" by acclaimed DJ Nic Harcourt. Her cinematic folk-song "“Dark Sunday Dream” was featured on Alex RainbirdMusic, a playlist with over 500,000 subscribers on Youtube, "Radio Paradise", and received critical acclaim by indie-folk blogs around the world.

Growing up, Iris was heavily influenced by female artists such as Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Stevie Nicks. She works out of her home studio in Los Angeles, and records and performs all of the instruments on nearly all of her records. Iris is currently releasing more new songs ahead of her debut album set to come out the summer of 2020.