the venue, we play in hamburg, has changed. the show will be at “Druckerei” (Valentinskamp 39, Gängeviertel HH). hope to see you there on thursday, october 13th.

dear listeners,

we’re so excited, we just can’t hide it … today is “These are the arms” day. our new tunes come along on heavyweight gatefold 10″ or CD/digipack. you wanna go shopping? here we go

news, news, news:

Jan Harder of our favorite deep-pop ensemble tikitaka took our toby into the woods to shoot our second video. lean back and watch “the gift”

we hope to meet you on the road. please visit the shows-section for dates

see you. ira

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dear ladies & dudes,

this was quite a quickie … just 2 years after “visions of a landscape” we’ re lucky to bring some new tunes on the table. our new mini-album “these are the arms” will be released on sept.30th on golden antenna records.

you can stream and preorder it here

we’re also very excited to pack our rusty van again. we hope to see you on tour this october in germany (please check the shows-section for dates).

thank you for still listening !!!

ira

check out this fine piece of poetry called “ich wache auf” by ira’s very own toby hoffmann.

he got supported by the outstanding band tikitaka and ira’s andy rosczyk.

enjoy it!!!

hello ladies and dudes,

pushing the record-button is so easy, if you want it. this time we chose the dark path to the old fashioned 16-track style and layed down bass- and drumtracks in our rehearsal-space on last saturday. but (of course) we were not ira, if our little endeavour hadn’t been molested by unforseeable technical breakdowns in the first place … long story short: computer said “no”.

but with the helping hands of supervisor pat “the overhead” hagmann and a cool, equipment-lending dude called rainer, we eventually captured the basics of what will become our third album.

it has no name yet (working title: islamrocksass), consists of four songs, is neither a full-length nor a quickie and should be out sometime around 2015 (if roland emmerich is proved wrong).

if we manage to agree upon a title, ira vol.III will (of course) be released by timo of golden antenna records again, cause we love that dude for what he does (and for what not.)

good night and good luck!

the ira-five

The Mount St. Helen Duet will fresh things up at the Wohngemeinschaft in Cologne on October the 6th.

There will also be lyrical performances by Toby Hoffmann and Stefan Petermann.

hey folks,

bad news. We’re really sorry to inform you that we have
to cancel the show in Stuttgart on 25th of September
with This Will Destroy You.
A clash of dates and schedules occurred and our singer
Toby has to say: “Sorry, I fucked up!”

We hate to cancel shows, because it always puts other
people in trouble and we love to play … 

SORRY !!!

hey folks

ever wanted to listen to our tiny tunes on your favorite internet-radio?
well, we make your wettest dreams come true.

please lend us your ears on last.fm

dance dance dance dance dance to the radio!
the ira-five

howdy,

we worked out some fine new tunes - waiting to get recorded for a 10″.
the button should be pushed sometimes around august.

this time, we want to get things done slightly faster - at least, we try. so we stick to
the good old diy-thing and grab shit with our own hands.

now let’s turn to the real thing again: soccer world cup.
may the german team plow the pitch and rock you like a hurricane.

all the best,
ira

Hi folks,

Toby and Andy’s new band “The Mount St. Helen Duet” has a virtual home now.

There is also a first show on the billboard. They will open for TV Smith on the 10th of July in the Cafe/Bar “Balthes” in Ravensburg.

We hope you enjoy the first two songs and some of you will show up at the show.

Cheers!