TX2

Reviewed by TenTillDeath:

Highly anticipated by the fans, there was much speculation by the TX2 fanbase on how this album would turn out to be; however, despite much anticipation, The End of Us was revealed to be an album of mostly released singles.

The End of Us is the 2026 release by alternative rock band, TX2. This album has huge features such as Spencer of INK and Andy Biersack of Black Veil Brides; however, despite these huge features, this album instead turns out to be a huge disappointment.

The opening track, FEED, is another generic metalcore song that follows similar formulas seen by most modern metalcore bands. In fact, DeathbyRomy’s vocal performance on this soundtrack was so stellar that you might accidentally mistake this song for a DeathbyRomy joint. The fact this is supposed to be a TX2 album, but starts off with the band being out performed by a feature is a early sign that this album was going to be a let down.

If you’re a TX2 fan, you’ll find that this album is mostly singles that were already released before the album drops; in fact, there’s hardly any new material on this album. Record labels normally do this with an artist if they feel that an artist can not profit off of an album with new material, so record labels will supplement an album with it primarily being singles so the album won’t be a huge financial loss. This fact alone is also an indicator that Hopeless Records did not have any faith in this album selling, which also shows by the fact that the band hardly promoted it at all and quickly moved on from the album.

If you’re looking for deep lines that will make you critically think, you will not find that here. TX2‘s song writing ability is subpar and basic at best; with lines that resemble cliché 2000s pop punk lyrics. An example of this would be on Nice Guy, which sees TX2 singing phrases like “I’ll make you cry, you’ll wish you died, I’m a nice guy…” This subpar song writing is a common occurrence through this album. It also shows with the fact that a feature on the song, Ekoh, had an extremely short feature on the track and also has very similar subpar song writing at best. This also hurts this album as this band has the platform as “alternative punk” artists to truly write songs that dive deep into socioeconomic and political themes; instead, you get cliché songs about “down with the government.”

This album ends with The End of Us, featuring Andy Biersack. What starts off as a cinematic song quickly turns into a concept gone wrong as they went bare minimum on this song with the cinematic concept. This is supposed to be a TX2 album, but Andy Biersack’s vocals outshine TX2s. TX2s nasally high vocals don’t quite sound that good when they’re harmonizing with Andy Biersack’s deep, more refined vocals. What could have been a great concept only turns into a simple song that could have been better.

Lastly, the only new and refreshing material on this album is a song called “Singing Along.” This song features Hawaiian esque ukulele sounds and actually sounds quite fitting for TX2’s vocal range; unfortunately, compared to the rest of the album, this is the only song that stands out among the rest of the very little new material.

We here at the Record Ranters have decided to give this album a 1 out of 5. What’s supposed to be the next “anti authoritarian“ band only turns out to be a generic metalcore band with lyrics that offer no substance.

You can find our video review on this album below.