TL;DR:


• Watch the video for "What can we grow that we can't see from here?" →
• TIDE/TIED out via Topshelf Records on April 30th, 2025 (digital, vinyl, cd, cassette)
• stream / pre-order TIDE/TIED →
• catch Thanya on tour this spring →
• 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 which "radiates serenity" according to the New York Times. 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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Iyer's signature post-genre pontifications are in full bloom on her latest single "What can we grow that we can't see from here?" in which Iyer reminds us that the groundwork for new, radical futures can be laid by our own hands. Such prescient lessons are a prominent fixture of Iyer's work -- current and past -- this time delivered with a thumping, controlled pop sensibility that says even when things feel stagnant and unclear, there is a way through.

Thanya Iyer writes this about the song and its accompanying video:

"'What can we grow that we can't see from here?' is an exploration of hope, transformation, and radical imagination. How do we let go of structures that no longer serve us and build something new together? How do we trust the unseen processes beneath the surface? In nature, so much growth is invisible - roots stretch deep underground long before anything appears above the soil. This song is about that kind of patience and trust as we break down this dissonant world and work together to rebuild it.

The director of the video Bucky Illingworth came up with so many beautiful concepts to showcase these themes. One of the things he said that really stuck with me was about re-imagining the future and normalizing radical acts as an everyday part of life -- simple acts of love, affection attention, genrosity, service, redistrubution of wealth, returning land. The video is a reflection of this re-imagination."

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.