ira glass – “mister magnanimous”

Chicago post-hardcore freaks ira glass are back with another blast of noise. Their new single "mister magnanimous" comes screaming out of the gate, literally, with throat-shredding vocals and an instrumental assault that gradually gives way to eerie screeches before settling into — and subsequently exploding back out of — an uneasily loping groove.

“You da man; I put you down like Barbara Walters," frontwoman Lise Ivanova recites on the track, continuing the band's unlikely fixation with broadcast personalities. In the self-directed, deeply unsettling music video, she strolls through Chicago's Millenium Park in a loose-limbed strut while wearing a creepy fetish mask. Watch and listen below.

ira glass are heading out on a brief tour this weeekend. And on 12/11, they're releasing a 12" split EP featuring their 2024 debut compound turbulence flexing for the heat on Side A and last year's joy is no knocking nation on Side B.

TOUR DATES:
11/12 - Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
11/13 - Toronto, ON @ Houndstooth
11/14 - Kalamazoo, MI @ The Sugarbowl