Release Date: 13 February 2026
Song Count: 13
Duration: 38 minutes, 38 seconds
Rating: 6.5/10
Description:
Rising to the ranks from a particular short-form content application known to propel music artists of all sorts into the limelight, Los Angeles-based TX2, originally Evan Thomas, has been emerging as a heavily motivated and inspirational musician in the past couple of years with primarily emo-blended rock tracks tackling lyrics of mental struggles, insecurities and general darkness in life. The young visionaire very recently debuted his first album to a dedicated audience, entitled End Of Us, which follows along the precedent set by his prior discography with 13 heavily emotive songs to offer.
In spite of being framed around a heavily modern and polished instrumental sound primarily stemming from the classic rock line-up of instruments and tools, a lot of the tracks make a valiant attempt at capturing a similar sort of charm as older, more classic acts that have shaped mainstream rock music over the years (such as Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park), and it is apparent in their structure and approach, especially in the harder and more aggression-filled tracks of the album such as "Feed", "The Rain" and "MAD". This, combined with the additional pinch of emotional hardcore elements, make up the raw and expressive mood of the entire outputs and match the equally dark lyricism. TX2 further collaborates with fellow artists and bands in some of the tracks featured to lend their talents and voices, such as DeathbyRomy, Black Veil Brides and even Ice Nine Kills, who work together on the most popular song of the album.
Admittedly, not all of End Of Us' attempts at providing compelling and qualitative songs with a heavy edge stick the landing, with lyrics, vocals and instruments each certainly having their rough patches at certain points as well as many tracks simply not standing out enough to add to the listening experience; the low moments, however, are far from the norm within the album, as plenty of tracks soar through and hit the bull's-eye on their aim of being passion-driven on all fronts, both narratively and sonically, and Thomas ultimately proves himself to be a capable and driven musician with plenty of talent and creativity to delve into as a means to create qualitative emo-rock music, and his dazzling inspiration does shine through when it really matters whilst simultaneously feeling new and fresh. This is overall a record that has its noticeable highs and lows, though ultimately steers more on the positive end, and most definitely acts as a formidable baseline and debut for a young creator of music with clear potential whose future career I wish to witness with great interest.