Thanya Iyer is a Canadian singer and violinist from Montreal, Quebec,Nina Corcoran, "Kind: Thanya Iyer". Pitchfork, July 31, 2020. whose album KIND was longlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.David Friend, "Daniel Lanois, Savannah Ré, Charlotte Cardin make long list of Polaris Music Prize". The Globe and Mail, June 16, 2021.
Her debut album, Do You Dream?, was released in 2016,Carly Gordon, "Of music and family". McGill Daily, September 12, 2016. followed by Do You Dream? Mixtape in 2018 and KIND in 2020.Alex Robert Ross, "Thanya Iyer explores new worlds on the remarkable KIND". The Fader, July 28, 2020. In 2022, she released the EP Rest.Megan LaPierre, "Montreal's Thanya Iyer Details New Album 'rest,' Shares Lead Single". Exclaim!, July 19, 2022.
Her third album, TIDE/TIED, was released on April 30, 2025. Iyer noted music from Moses Sumney, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Florist, Pompey, Macie Stewart, Sudan Archives, Nick Hakim, Emilie Kahn, Kara Jackson, Land of Talk, KAINA and Genevieve Artadi as inspiration for this album. Pop critics from The New York Times mentioned that "I Am Here Now" was "a five-minute haven of wellness." She went on tour later in the year along with Tenci, La Luz and The Dears to support the album in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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