Tide/Tied

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-inflected pop and ensemble ambience.

While Iyer explored a more personal journey of self-love on Kind, she, her band, and 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.

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 a 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.