Leeds-based synthpop duo Lucky Iris have dropped their latest single “i just want to dance” via Launchpad+ in partnership with EMI North. This marks the first track from their upcoming mixtape and follows the duo’s earlier 2025 EP “day to night”. You will notice that this new single has more commercial production, but the typical Lucky Iris sound is still there of course.

Vocalist Maeve comments this on the more clubby elements: “As soon as I was old enough to even try and get into a club, all I wanted to do was go out dancing. It was my first taste of freedom… the first time, the music that got me there, and the rush of going out has always stayed with me.”

“i just want to dance” was mixed by Richard Wilkinson (Adele, Kaiser Chiefs).

About Lucky Iris

Lucky Iris is a Leeds-based electropop duo from the UK, consisting of Maeve Florsheim (vocals and lyrics) and Jasper Exley (music and production). The duo formed during lockdown and started performing live in 2021.

The duo knew eachother after meeting in school and later reconnecting at university. They create a mix of crunchy electronic pop and catchy hooks. The debuted with the 2020 EP, “Turns Out We Should Have Stayed At Home”. Their 2023 EP, “maybe i’m too much” was when we really started seeing huge potential.

Below is the band’s complete discography:

EPs

• Turns Out We Should Have Stayed At Home (2020)
• maybe i’m too much (2023)
• something to believe in (2024)
• day to night (2025)
• Neon Crush (2025)

Singles

• (i’m not good at writing) love songs (2022)
• give me something to believe in (2024)
• universal (2024)
• i guess i like you (a lot) (2024)
• 10,000 Hours (Lucky Iris Rework) (2024)
• i just want to dance (2025)

Let’s see if we will get a full album anytime soon.

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(Photo by Jack Carr) Out today is the brand new 4-track EP by the leeds-based synthpop act Lucky Iris, “Maybe I’m Too Much”.

The band aka Maeve and Jasper have been featured on Side-Line before with their very catchy synthpop style. The duo formed during lockdown and started performing live in September 2021, which has seen them touring cities such as Leeds, London, Liverpool and so on, as well as appearing on festival lineups including Live At Leeds, Long Division, 110 Above and most recently The Great Escape.

The new EP was written and produced by the duo, and mixed by Richard Wilkinson (Adele, Kaiser Chiefs) and mastered by Antony Ryan (Oh Wonder).

Maeve explaisn the deeper meaning of the title track as follows: “This song is for anyone who’s ever been made feel like they’re ‘too much’. And particularly for those who’ve been made feel like they’re ‘too much’ by someone they love. Because there really is no need to minimise yourself to fit into a neat little box packaged by someone else. But it’s taken me far too long to realise that…”

Jasper adds: “‘Maybe I’m Too Much’ is actually one of the first songs I wrote for Lucky Iris. And the initial version was so sad. But something clicked in my brain after being let down…again! And I realised that me being perceived as ‘too much’ really isn’t a me problem after all. In the main hook I sing, ‘Maybe I’m Too Much’, but don’t you ever think that maybe you are not enough’. And of course, I’m not actually trying to imply that anyone isn’t enough. Instead, I made ‘maybe i’m too much’ a reminder not to let other people tell you how you should feel about yourself. And maybe… after all is said and done… it’s not me… it’s you.”

Upcoming Live Dates:

• 11/08/23 – EP Launch Party @ The Vinyl Whistle, Leeds
• 23/08/23 – Sofar Sounds, Leeds
• 19/09/23 The Polar Bear, Hull

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Leeds based synthpop duo Lucky Iris return with the “Blowing Kisses” single, which is the last single before releasing their upcoming EP “Maybe I’m too much”, which will be out on August 11th.

The single was written and produced by the duo, mixed by Richard Wilkinson (Adele, Kaiser Chiefs) and mastered by Antony Ryan (Oh Wonder).

There are three tracks on the EP, the 2 previous singles from the band plus the new track “Blowing Kisses”.

Speaking on the track frontwoman Maeve says: “I overheard someone say; ‘a crush is just a lack of information’, and I just couldn’t get that out of my head – but I refuse to see a crush as just that because it just takes all the fun out of it, doesn’t it?! ‘blowing kisses’ is about having a crush. It’s about that point where it turns into something more, because unlike that stranger implied, the more information you learn about your crush, the more you end up falling for them. It’s about hanging on every word they say, being out and only being able to see them. And when they say your name, that feeling you get each time, it’s like the first time anyone has ever said your name… I guess it’s an ‘if you know you know’ feeling… if you do you’ll understand and if not, know it’s a precious song about being desperate to know what that other person is thinking.”

Jasper (music) and Maeve (vocalist and lyrics) formed Lucky Iris during the lockdown period and since them have released several singles.

Below is the newest single.

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(Photo by Courteney Frisby) Here’s a discovery which will please the electro pop fans, Lucky Iris. This Leeds based electropop act consists of the duo Jasper (music) and Maeve (vocalist and lyrics) and the duo has now released the track “(I’m not good at writing) love songs” on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. Mixed by Lee Smith (Holly Humberstone, Easy Life, Sfven) and mastered by Tom Woodhead the track amassed a whopping 34.000 streams on Spotify, not bad in such a short time.

Despite the bubblegum title, the band offers a really attractive electro pop here mixed with more commercial elements. About the song Maeve has this to say: “To say I’ve been unlucky in love is probably putting it nicely… I used to give all of my time and energy to a series of relationships, but I got nothing in return. At the time I was honestly perplexed as to where I kept going wrong… in retrospect, it was more a matter of putting my time into the wrong people… but that’s a song in itself.”

It was March 2020 that saw the pair self-release their concept EP “Turns Out We Should Have Stayed At Home”, featuring “Get Ready With Me” which saw them gain a multitude of fans and
opportunities. In 2021 the pair really began to pick up momentum with their debut single “Coffee Shop” shortly followed by “Speak Soon”.

Embraced by commercial radios there is surely enough electro pop fun to be discovered. Check the single below.

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