With nothing but an MXL990 mic, a laptop, and a head full of fearless ambition, Tessa Forrest delivers a track that punches way above its lo-fi weight. Sunrise Hunters is a bold, genre-blending statement, an emotional epic disguised as bedroom pop, delivered with the heart of Queen and the soul of Phoebe Bridgers.
Opening with a moody, cinematic wash of sound, Forrest pulls you in gently before launching them into a dramatic tempo shift that’s anything but accidental. “I wanted to do something like what Queen did in Bohemian Rhapsody,” Forrest explains. And she does. The transition isn’t just natural, but it’s cathartic. It’s the kind of shift that doesn’t just surprise you; it moves you.
There’s a story behind every sonic swell and vocal flutter. “Sometimes we make ourselves believe we can escape the past,” Forrest confesses. “But maybe it’s not something to run from.” That tension between reinvention and remembrance lives in every moment of Sunrise Hunters. It’s a song that captures the quiet battles we all fight, dressed in layered harmonies and fearless production.
Forrest, who made waves in 2024 with releases under Tessa and Friends, is stepping into a more personal and polished chapter. No one’s getting out unbroken gave us punk angst. The Loser Gets Set Free channeled ABBA’s theatrical pop. But Sunrise Hunters is something else entirely, a cinematic soul bomb that announces Tessa Forrest as a singular voice in the indie universe.
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