press:

"During a time when restlessness—for the world to start up again, for life to go back to normal—is prevalent, Iyer’s music hits the right notes."
-Bandcamp Daily on rest

"Fall into the lyrical lull and this record will elevate you to another level. Intricate, wistful, observant and beautiful."
-Circuit Sweet, on KIND

"...a lovely set of expansive, exploratory, earthy pop that's characterized by spacious jazz and ethereal folk tendencies as well as a subtle experimental and improvisatory streak."
-KEXP, on KIND

"The Montreal-based singer-songwriter and violinist’s music feels like an invitation to reflect. Each song recounts not just stumbling and uncertainty, but a sense of motivation."
-Pitchfork

"Refreshing and whimsical, “Please Don’t Hold Me Hostage for Who I Am, Who I Was” opens a festival of worldly sounds, complete with folksy flutes and acoustic percussion. Thanya Iyer’s voice sounds at once youthful and wise as she cheerfully delivers a straightforward message: You control your own life, you can choose to heal."
-The Wild Honey Pie

"[B]oth meticulously devised and skillfully improvised. It’s one of the most astonishing albums you’ll hear this year, fusing indie-folk with jazz, experimental pop and classical music to stunning effect."
-Paste

"All the little details are meticulously thought-out, electronic and orchestral flourishes adding up to more than the sum of their parts, bending and changing the shape of the room with sound.”
-The Alternative

"...just brimming with ideas and shifts in instrumentation. While the Montreal-based violinist and songwriter lends a gentle touch at every turn, KIND feels completely unbound to genre or expectation.”
-Mic

“[A] gloriously skewed beast, the tempo and tone leaping between vivid moments of sparkling pop junctures, all simmering vocals and gently lapping instrumentals, and then disappearing in to a void of white-noise and experimentation, before the clouds clear once again, just long enough to feel warmth emanating through."
- Gold Flake Paint, on Do You Dream?

"Iyer writes songs that flow seamlessly across textures and styles, never staying in one place too long.”
-NPR

"Iyer gives us a soundtrack for our subconscious. A complex labyrinth of sounds that morphs to the uniqueness of an individual’s mind.”
-Gray Owl Point