Tones And I To Support Debut LP 'Welcome To The Madhouse' With 2022 Tour Dates, Drops New Song
Friday, 11 June 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Giulia McGauran
Tones And I has announced her debut album and supporting tour dates.
'Welcome To The Madhouse' will arrive on July 16 and feature the singles Fly Away, Won't Sleep, and the newly shared Cloudy Day, a joyful, gospel-esque pop offering complete with group vocals and a catchy, singalong chorus. It comes paired with an animated video, viewable below.
The news comes after the Australian hitmaker, real name Toni Watson, teased the record on social media earlier this week, sharing the title, artwork and release date. The 20-year-old wrote the entire album by herself and co-produced all 14 songs. She said:
"This album for me is very up and down and reflects the forever changing emotions in me. There are songs on the album that were written before 'Dance Monkey', about not knowing if busking was right for me. There are songs about my good friend T passing away and not wanting to deal with those emotions.
"The ups and downs of life in lock down and the mental challenges/struggles. Some songs make me laugh and some make me cry but there is no running theme or vibe to the album - the songs are unique to how I was feeling the day I wrote them."
Talking about the track, she added: "After my friend T passed away I was struggling to write any songs that were happy or that I even liked. I met up with a friend who told me this saying from his late mum – 'on a cloudy day, look up into the sky and find the sun.' I knew I wanted to use that as a lyric and the next time I went into the studio I wrote Cloudy Day."
She'll support the release with a short UK and European tour in February 2022, including a show at London's Eventim Apollo. Tickets go on general sale at 9am BST/10am CET on June 14.
'Welcome To The Madhouse' tracklist:
1. Welcome To The Madhouse
2. Lonely
3. Won't Sleep
4. Westside Lobby
5. Fly Away
6. Sad Songs
7. Just A Mess
8. Child's Play
9. Not Going Home
10. Dark Waters
11. Cloudy Day
12. You Don't Know My Name
13. Fall Apart
14. Bars (RIP T)
Tones and I Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Mon February 14 2022 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
Tue February 15 2022 - ANTWERP Lotto Arena (Belgium)
Thu February 17 2022 - COLOGNE Palladium (Germany)
Fri February 18 2022 - BERLIN Tempodrom (Germany)
Sun February 20 2022 - MUNICH Zenith (Germany)
Mon February 21 2022 - ZURICH Halle 622 (Switzerland)
Thu February 24 2022 - AMSTERDAM AFAS Live (Netherlands)
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