By GRACE DETWILER
IRESS, a Los Angeles band equally influenced by doom metal and shoegaze, has released their first single since the 2020 album Flaw, entitled “Ricochet.” The following EP, Solace, promises more of the dark beauty of Flaw and its predecessor Prey (2015). Featuring Michelle Malley, Michael Maldonado, Glenn Chu, and Graham Walker, IRESS alchemizes Malley’s rich vocals with the heavy instrumentation of her bandmates.
On “Ricochet” Malley laments, “Ricochet on me, I can feel us dying / I could blame you, drinking your life away.” Their band name, as reported by Buzz Bands, is a pseudo-portmanteau – “ire” for anger and the feminine suffix “-ess.” With its poignant emotional content and deep, dark musical landscapes, the music of IRESS is a sharply sorrowful balm for the deepest of wounds.
Listen to “Ricochet” by IRESS below, and add the single to your music library by clicking here.
