Eden Iris Releases New Single ‘The Love That Still Lives Here’

New Zealand-native, now L.A.-based artist Eden Iris said The Love That Still Lives Here started out as a poem which she wrote on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand.

“I was going home to visit my family. I was also flying out just two days after the Christchurch Mosque Shootings, the tragedy which shook our nation and the rest of the world. The ride over was incredibly sombre. I remember looking out the tiny cabin window and seeing the most beautiful clouds. And then somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, I was struck by an overwhelming feeling of grief. So I wrote the poem on the final descent down into South Auckland, just to process everything, and then put it to music later on when I returned to California. On that visit, I remember being deeply moved by the love and compassion that was expressed by everyone. It truly made me proud to be from Aotearoa.” 

Eden Iris is a musician from Auckland, New Zealand, described as “a writer working in a new space”. Her biggest influences include Stevie Nicks, Tori Amos, Kate Bush and Ben Howard.

Eden began songwriting and performing at age 14, receiving sponsorship from the internationally acclaimed ‘Laurie Williams’ guitar company . She gained success at a national level in her late teens, receiving the SmokefreeRockquest National Women’s Musicianship Award (2011), and the Play it Strange Peace Song Award (2011).

Her debut EP, Crying Birds, was released in March 2014 which was well received by fans and music critics in New Zealand, and was licensed for “Shortland Street” numerous times. Eden has since moved to Los Angeles where she has been collaborating with Grammy-award winning songwriters such as Maia Sharp (Dixie Chicks), Rune Westberg (Colbie Colait), Jamie Candiloro (Ryan Adams, R.E.M) and Bruce Lynch (Kate Bush).