So I Let It Go

Thanya Iyer “Bring Back That Which Is Kind to You”

Thanya Iyer’s music is gentle and introspective, navigating difficult emotions and complicated relationships with a generous and forgiving spirit. “Bring Back That Which is Kind to You,” the jazzy centerpiece of her album Kind, is an extremely soothing piece of music that allows for sounds that indicate tension and anxiety to exist in harmony with musical elements that convey serenity and warmth. This is most apparent in the melodic parts that float into the arrangement after she finishes singing the first verse – I think it’s woodwinds and piano, but the pitch is bent and distorted just enough to make them feel a bit alien. The tonality is a little bit annoying and a little bit magical, and I think the way your ear gets used to it and starts to hear it as a fully beautiful sound is part of the point of this song. It’s letting go of a sense of order and expectation, and finding beauty and grace where it’s not entirely obvious.

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