Tones and I has announced debut album 'Welcome To The Madhouse' for July

Tones and I has announced her debut album, 'Welcome To The Madhouse'.

Set for release on 16th July, the news arrives alongside new single 'Cloudy Day', which was penned in the aftermath of a friend passing away.

"This album for me is very up and down and reflects the forever changing emotions in me," Tones and I explains. "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."

Of the single, they add: "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'."

Check out the new track below, and keep an eye out for tour dates coming soon.

The full tracklisting for 'Welcome To The Madhouse' reads: