TTSSFU 'Blown' (EP REVIEW)

Fans of dreamy bedroom pop will find TTSSFU’s edgier take on the genre irresistible – ‘nightmare pop’, if you will – the sonic equivalent of scrolling early internet forums and drifting through liminal spaces, with an unsettling sense of doomer unease gnawing at the edges of the tracks. ‘Blown’ is dark, feverish, and feels like its own shadowy twin, industrial and aggressive yet at the same time vulnerable and exposed, flickering between steel, circuits, and flesh sometimes within the same track.  

The opener, ‘Cat Piss Junkie’, reworks jagged elements of The Clash in a woozy minor key, with TTSSFU’s resonant vocals and disarming lyrics cutting through the haze. ‘Forever’ invokes the dreampop sound of cult favourites Clairo and Beabadoobee, but with an unmistakably Nirvana-esque instrumental that bleeds into the next tracks, ‘Sick’ and ‘Everything’, which are drenched in brooding electric guitar. TTSFU’s haunting soundscapes could score an indie horror game or a fractured coming-of-age, ambient aspects and eerie, spectral vocals decaying and pulling at the edges while, without warning, tracks break into distorted, pounding guitar, manic and adrenaline-inducing.

‘Call U Back’ is a refreshing change of pace, with a whining drone setting the mood of the track as a faster tempo captures the restless energy of the darker side of partying, the loneliness and desire to stay home – something TTSFU is no stranger to, having explored it before in a previous track, ‘Studio 54’, released in 2024. ‘Weekend’ is the pared-back sibling to ‘Call U Back’, with its moody and lamenting acoustic guitar steeped in the crosshairs of rage and quiet resignation. Finally, ‘Being Young’ closes the EP with an equally broken voice and heart, a fragile curtain call that lingers long after it ends.

By producing everything herself, TTSSFU steps away from the over-produced, algorithm-pleasing mainstream, lending a raw edge to her atmospheric, captivating EP and building an entire world from her bedroom – one with its own rules and its own haunted narrative. And what a world it is. Reversed vocals reminiscent of David Lynch’s Black Lodge, glitching, manic laughter, and other warped sound effects are weaved around her ethereal vocals, all swirling together with a strange, hypnotic pull, bewitching the listener like a siren. At times, it feels like being lost at sea with no land in sight; other moments leave you wandering through an old childhood memory that’s been corrupted. 

Wherever it takes you, the standout EP doesn’t just pull you into TTSSFU’s orbit but spins you between neon-lit euphoria and the shadowy alleyways just behind it, where heartbreak licks its wounds and beauty taunts the listener through the static like a will-o’-the-wisp. 

Words: Eve Riordan

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'Blown' is released on August 29th 2025 on Partisan Records

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‘Blown’ EP Tracklisting:

Cat Piss Junkie / Forever / Sick / Everything / Call U Back / Weekend / Being Young

Live Dates:

9^th November - The Attic, Leeds
10^th November – Strange Brew, Bristol
11^th November – Lower Third, London
15^th November – King Tuts, Glasgow
27^th November – White Hotel, Manchester