Tarn PKโs โF.O.M.Oโ is a hauntingly intimate yet sonically expansive alt-pop track that feels like a soft implosion of modern urban angst. The Wellington-based artist, producer, and songwriter peels back the polished layers of city life to expose the disillusionment lurking beneath office fluorescent lights and ambition-fueled anxiety.
From its first shimmering note, the song folds the listener into a swirling dreamscape as hazy synths set the mood before a sudden crash of thick, rumbling drums and glitchy buzz jolts everything into emotional motion. But just as quickly as it builds, the beat steps back, clearing space for Tarnโs voice to arrive, worn and vulnerable.
The tension between inertia and urgency that pulses through โF.O.M.O.,โ a feeling that matches the very fear it names. You feel it in the shifting production, where melancholy arpeggios meet explosive percussion, and in the vocals, which start despondent but lift into a soaring, aching chorus that feels like a quiet breakdown stretched wide across the sky. The line between introversion and extroversion blurs, both lyrically and sonically, as the chorus opens like a window in a stuffy room, letting in both air and noise.
โF.O.M.Oโ is trying to process, to name a panic most of us ignore. With this second single from his upcoming F.O.M.O EP, Tarn PK solidifies his voice in the alternative pop landscape.
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Photo Credit: Hammond Visuals
Review by: Naomi Joan