total tommy's newest single, "REAL," embodies the latter, a dizzying free fall through the surreal aftermath of a love that was built to last forever.
"REAL" drags you under against a backdrop of washed-out riffs and shimmering synths. It oscillates between hypnotic glo-fi pop and the murky undercurrents of shoegaze, an emotional whiplash that reflects trying to make sense of a breakup that feels like fiction. Five Album Track List "We said forever. What the fuck does that mean?" it's the sort of line that makes you pause, a raw jab of clarity in a sea of confusion.
total tommy's artistic endeavors stem from self-actualized expression, a project birthed from in-between moments of reinvention in a new city and caught up in the violent heartbeat of creative release. "REAL" is a sonic testament to that journey, bright, visceral, and unfiltered. "REAL" draws out tension like a rubber band, each verse collapsing in on itself until the chorus snaps, unrolling the burden of it all.
For anyone who's ever loved profoundly and lost painfully, "REAL" is the soundtrack to that painful space between what was and what remains. You hear it, and you don't just listen to it. You feel it.