Alternative rock has always loved its beautiful catastrophes. The long-awaited debut from Evan Thomas, better known as TX2, carries the weight of internet infamy and arena sized ambition. For an artist who’s amassed 1.3 million TikTok followers and a fanbase that treats every release like a digital uprising, End Of Us feels like the culmination of all that mixed with a coronation.

The six minute title track, featuring Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack, is the grand, gothic overture. “The End Of Us” swells with live strings, thunderclap drums—the kind of melodrama that would make early My Chemical Romance grin in approval. Thomas leans into betrayal as both narrative and spectacle, his voice cracking and climbing as if scaling the walls of a burning opera house. Biersack enters like a phantom in the rafters, adding even more theatrical menace. The result is unapologetically maximalist, and it lands with a kind of bruised grandeur. The song signals a turning point. TX2 has thrived in the chaotic coliseum of online discourse, where adoration and backlash share the same algorithm. Here, he channels that volatility into something focused. If the single is about spiraling after betrayal, the album expands that spiral into a 13 track story of defiance, exhaustion, and stubborn survival.

Thomas has described the sound as “punk meets vampire core with an Eminem edge,” and surprisingly, that alchemy holds. You can hear the sneer of Green Day, the theatrical pulse of My Chemical Romance, and flashes of Linkin Park’s rap rock urgency stitched into the framework. On “Feed,” DeathbyRomy matches his intensity with razor wire hooks. “Nice Guy,” featuring Ekoh, toys with hip hop cadence and cutting honesty. Magnolia Park’s appearance on “Murder Scene” turns the angst dial into a full-blown siren.

Still, the most radical piece of the TX2 story may be off record. Through the X Movement, a sprawling Discord community, he has cultivated a support system for fans navigating mental health struggles and identity. Advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and fan safety is not an afterthought, it’s baked into his brand. End Of Us is messy, dramatic, and oversized by design. It refuses subtlety in favor of spectacle and sincerity. But for TX2, the chaos is not the end. It is the ignition point.