After a well-received debut album and critically acclaimed follow-up EP, th… Read Full Bio ↴After a well-received debut album and critically acclaimed follow-up EP, the band Irving now realizes its full potential with "Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers." An album of inspired variety and stirring depth, "Death In The Garden" casts Irving among the strongest rock bands performing today.

Formed initially by members Alex Church (bass), Steven Scott (guitar) and Brian Canning (guitar), Irving began as a thrown-together rock outfit to accompany a friend’s art opening. Within a month, Brent Turner (drums) joined, and the group began working in earnest on the songs that would eventually appear on its first album, Good Morning Beautiful. The release of GMB in 2002 showcased the band’s penchant for writing witty pop songs with whimsical backup vocals and upbeat melodies.

By the year’s end, Aaron Burrows (keyboards) signed on, and the band was back in the studio. The I Hope You’re Feeling Better Now EP, released in 2003 to critical acclaim, exhibited Irving’s unrelenting willingness to experiment with pop song structures, and highlighted the innate strengths of a band in which all five members are songwriters.

In the two years since the release of the EP, Irving has opened for such notables as Franz Ferdinand, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and The Polyphonic Spree. The band’s songwriting has also taken a noticeably more thoughtful turn. While the innate pop sensibilities continue to stand out above all else, Irving’s songwriting has matured—the sounds and structures more intricate, the subject matter more thoroughly realized.

"Death In The Garden, Blood On The Flowers" is the result of five musicians and their distinct influences, bound by an uncanny knack for melody and harmony. With production and engineering help from Phil Ek (The Shins, Modest Mouse), as well as Aaron Espinoza (Earlimart) and Jim Fairchild (from Grandaddy), Irving corrals its many distinct influences into a clear vision. From the oblique percussive start of the title track, to the psych-pop chaos of “Situation” to the so-bizarre-it-works background breathing on “I Want To Love You In My Room,” the band pulls unforgettable hooks out of the most unlikely places.

In 2007, Church left the band to form his own band, Sea Wolf, while the remaining members put Irving on hold to form a new band with singer Claire McKeown, Afternoons, not to be confused with (or sure to be confused with) the Welsh pop band The Afternoons.

Death in the Garden Blood on the Flowers
Irving Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Irving:

Be My Baby Here he comes lookin' for his baby It's for sure, sure…
Can't Fall In Love It's a cold and foggy morning in the hills of…
Crumbling Mountain Tops She's drawing pictures with a razor blade She says she wants…
Did I Ever Tell You I'm in Love with Your Girlfriend Did I ever tell youI'm in love with your girlfriend…
Eyes Adjust to Light Were you staring in the darkness on an autumn winter…
Faster than Steam Let me make a bet back in 1833 you were…
Hard to Breathe Like a beat-up kid who's out on his own There's an…
Heading North I can't remember when seeing faces in clouds and in…
Holiday Holiday, take me to another place And leave me there until…

I Can't Fall in Love It's a cold and foggy morning in the hills of…
I Want to Love You in My Room i wanna love you in my room i want to take…
I'll Write the Song, You Sing for Me if tomorrow morning is the last time that we'll be together …
I'm On Fire I've heard about you Each word about you That everyone has s…
If Its In You The man who only lives for making money Lives a life…
If You Say Jump I Will Say No I don't know this feeling Concentrating on your breathing …
Irving's Camp Fire Song Doodly-doodly-dee A diddly-diddly-doo If you go out in the w…
L-O-V-E Here's the game of grand mistakes while floating with a…
Lovely Just Like Her She folds her hands and she starts to smile As the…
March was Fair at Best All the March things pale I felt stupid being there…
She She is watching From the back room With her eye lids, with…
She's Not Shy She is watching From the back room With her eye lids, with…
Situation And you said, "Oh, my, how you've let yourself go…
Sleepy Inside Are you stil there I can barely hear you There…
The Curious Thing About Leather Cynthia Weston dressed in Phone booth receiver resting upon …
The Gentle Preservation of Children's Minds Remember when they used to make us Wake up and spray…
The Longest Day in the Afternoon Maybe I didn't lie If the girl's lips that were kissed Wer…
The Look of Flowers That Are Looked At In the evening, afternoon Feel so tired 'cause there's noth…
Turn of the Century She was a hit at seventeen four years on and…

Without Her I spend the night in a chair thinking she'll be…

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