SHARES LEAD SINGLE OUTSIDE
ALONG WITH INCREDIBLE SEASON-SPANNING VIDEO

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TORONTO, ON – January 28, 2022 – Today, folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Avalon Tassonyi (TAH-show-nee, they/them), announces the release of their debut self-titled album. Arriving March 25^th via Vain Mina Records, the album showcases an array of songs in adjacent genres, all tethered by Avalon’s charming vocals and lyrical storytelling. Pre-order the album on vinyl and digitally here.

Born and raised in Toronto’s west end, Avalon grew up tinkering on the family piano, learned to play guitar and soon began writing songs from a young age. At 17, they moved to Montréal to pursue music, playing in a number of bands over the better part of a decade. During this time, they explored different styles from jazz to indie rock to country, ran DIY shows and released music independently at a high volume. Their longstanding former moniker, Inland Island, is most noted for the album Zsa Zsa’s Window Opens Slowly (2016, Egg Paper Factory), which was an exploration of trans femininity, radical softness and Hungarian cultural diaspora.

Avalon has come full circle, now living in Niagara-on-the-Lake on the peach farm where their maternal family has been rooted since immigrating to Canada. With that, they’ve come to embrace the acoustic, folk and country sounds that they grew up on, re-emerging to share music under their own name for the very first time. Avalon Tassonyi’s songs are grounded in lyrical prowess, self-assuredness, an embrace of simplicity, and a love for all human emotion, from its silliest to most sombre elements.

“The album was always designed to be an introduction of sorts,” Avalon reflects. “A mix of the styles I feel most comfortable in, showing my strengths and putting my best foot forward. It feels good to be rooted in the folk music, singer-songwriter tradition; from here I feel like I can go anywhere, and still always come right on back.”

Folk stylings of the likes of Nick Drake run clean through the album’s track-list. Other apparent influences include Springsteen’s Nebraska, early Wilco, Lucinda Williams, My Morning Jacket, John Prine and Joni Mitchell. From protest songs, to piano ballads, to alt-country barn burners, Avalon appears poised throughout, playing nearly every instrument on the record and coming off as believable while holding the tune in a wide vocal range.

Avalon gives listeners a taste of what’s to come on the new record with the earworm lead single, Outside – a plucky folk-pop song about reframing one’s thought process and being happy with where you are at.

“The seasons are ever changing, and places can look dramatically different from one time to another,” says Avalon. “I don't think people are much different in that respect, and for me the idea of a fixed identity can often feel forced.”

The single arrives alongside a season-spanning video, filmed over the course of an entire year at Avalon’s family farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake. “For this song and video, I tried to embrace and express that cyclical, fluid nature within myself and the place I call home,” Avalon adds. “Filming repeatedly over the course of a year became a sort of ritual, allowing me to really tune into these ebbs and flows in a meaningful way.”

Stay tuned for more coming soon from Avalon Tassonyi, and enjoy Outside now!

ALBUM TRACKLIST:
1. Welcome
2. Kids Like Us
3. Outside
4. What Love Is
5. Work of Art
6. Morning Song
7. Peace Time
8. Green Light
9. A Thing or Two
10. Stillness of the Night

Pre-order Avalon Tassonyi here
Listen to Outside here
Watch Outside video here

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