I saw these guys back in 1994 at Brandeis University’s Gosman Center. They were touring to promote Throwing Copper, which later became a multi-platinum selling album. “Lightning Crashes”, “Selling the Drama” and “I Alone” all made a splash on college rock stations. But “Iris” was the song that batted clean-up on Throwing Copper. It brought the power, perfecting the pregnant pause and erupting out of it with brute force. It was easy for me to like “Iris” from the first listen. Once I got to the :19 mark, I was all in.

“The felix of your truth will always break it. And the iris of your eye will always shake it.”