sunnbrella returned with their new album, gutter angel on April 18th, which features tracks like album highlight and single “tuff.” Described as a “pop gaze exploration of manipulation, fractured trust, and the moment of realization when the game is finally up.”
The track reveals in a 90s feeling and sensibility with a warmth and passionate melancholy, delivering elements of shoegaze and electronic glitchiness, with a strong emotional center to it that captures the moment of “clarity after betrayal.”
Detailing the track, they add:
“‘Tuff’ is about that moment when you realize you’ve been caught in someone else’s game for way too long. It’s this push and pull where trust gets weaponized, truths are buried, and love starts to feel more like a competition with rules you never agreed to. Lines like ‘Teach me rules to your twisted game’ and ‘A trust fall only caught in a lie’ reflect that feeling of betrayal—of giving someone your trust only to realize it was never safe in their hands. Compared to ‘flowstate,’ which was more about self-destruction, this one is about clarity. It’s about finally seeing the cycle for what it is and deciding not to play along anymore.”
Enjoy a listen now below.
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