TL;DR:


• Watch the video for "I am here now" →
• TIDE/TIED out via Topshelf Records on April 30th, 2025 (digital, vinyl, cd, cassette)
• stream / pre-order TIDE/TIED →
• Recommended if you like: L'Rain, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Moses Sumney, Nala Sinephro, Sudan Archives, Feist, healing brain-massage pop

On her third full length TIDE/TIED, Montreal artist Thanya Iyer expands on the future-folk designs of sophomore album KIND with washes of jazz-infected pop and ensemble ambience. While Iyer explored a more personal journey of self-love on KIND, she, her band, and a cohort of guest musicians embark on a new way of moving on TIDE/TIED, prizing collective care and communal healing as antidotes to the dissonances of living in a colonial, capitalistic world.

p: Monse Muro

"Iyer's voice serves as the ultimate guiding light."
-Stereogum

Over twelve tracks, Iyer alternates song, synth layer, strings, and loop substance, interfixing with percussionist Daniel Gélinas's meditative drumming and multi-instrumentalist Pompey's adventurous arrangements. Through deeply collaborative process, Gélinas and Pompey -- themselves experienced producers -- created the powerful and intricate worldscapes of TIDE/TIED, guided by Iyer's incisive musical vision, all the while maintaining a cohesive, collective approach to the creative process.

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watch the "I am here now" music video →

or listen to the song on Amazon Music | Apple Music | Bandcamp | SoundCloud | Spotify | Tidal |Youtube

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TIDE/TIED opens with "I am here now", a joyful, subdued celebration of reconnecting with your body, unraveling the challenges of staying present when the world is on fire. Iyer's voice sublimates into passages that call on spiritual jazz, blurring the lines between ambient, folk, and pop with gorgeous stacks of alto sax, looped vocals, synth, and violin.

Thanya Iyer writes this about the song:

"I am here now" is a meditation on presence -- on coming back into connection with ourselves and the world around us when everything is on fire. It's a mantra on staying open and engaged, moving through discomfort, slowing down, loving our bodies, and finding joy. For me, this song is deeply tied to my experience with chronic pain and the forces in the world that attempt to sever our connection to our bodies -- How do we come back into conversation with our bodies and the stories they carry? Through it all, we find new ways to listen, to love, to awaken.

Catch Thanya on tour this spring:

• 04/17/2025 - Burlington, VT, US @ Light Club Lamp Shop
• 04/18/2025 - Ridgewood, NY, US @ Cassette
• 04/19/2025 - Philadelphia, PA, US @ Abyssinia
• 04/22/2025 - Keene, NH, US @ NOVA ARTS
• 04/24/2025 - Providence, RI, US @ Lost Bag
• 04/25/2025 - Littleton, NH, US @ The Loading Dock
• 04/26/2025 - Portland, ME, US @ Prism Analog
• 08/01/2025 - Sackville, NB, Canada @ Sappy Fest

TIDE/TIED is out everywhere on April 30th. Pre-order a copy on CD, cassette, vinyl or digitally, or pre-save it on Spotify.