Tin Iso and the Dawn is the debut album from New York based composer and puppeteer Tristan Allen. Their work employs the narrative power of instrumental music and puppetry to create imaginary worlds. With a background in piano, bass, electronic music, and marionette theater, Tristan applies an experimental mode of storytelling to create rich works of wordless fantasy. Formative exposures by way of travel through Asia, studies in Gamelan, a paper mache Christmas angel, and their dad's Bread and Puppet Theater artifacts formed a web of inspiration from which Tristan's desire to combine puppetry and their fascination for the narrative power of instrumental music emerged. The epiphanic, four-part journey brings sonic life to a fantastical realm of characters whose universal longings mirror our own, using intricate sound design and spellbinding leitmotifs to make sense of loss and what's beyond. Moving swiftly through melodic fluctuations and buoyant sound design, each moment is an invitation to walk alongside the characters, deep in the woods, through a world of illuminated shadows, all culminating to a sunrise and life that begins anew_then stretches beyond. For Fans of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Nuno Canavarro, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Bing & Ruth, Oliver Coates, Flore Laurentienne.