Eora/Sydney-based artist, singer, songwriter and Queer heartthrob total tommy today shares her debut single, ‘microdose’. Mixed by London post-punk figurehead and superproducer Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C.) and produced by Mark Zito, ‘microdose’ oozes lo-fi indie grunge sensibilities, written in total tommy’s bedroom studio one lonely, stormy night about the siren-like allures of an addictive and all-consuming crush. 

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Living out its ethos of never doing things in halves, ‘microdose’ comes swinging in with a boldness that is as instantaneous as it is infectious. Bristling with a nervous, pent-up energy, a wall of wiry, interlocking guitars, incessant, driving percussion and half-murmured vocals combine to give way to a yearning and explosive chorus that feels predestined to be fervidly shouted back at her during live shows from now until forever: “I don’t know why my head is spinning”. 

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Living somewhere between the rawest depths of a teenage journal, the rough-hewn yet passionate cut-and-paste collages of a DIY zine and 10 Things I Hate About You, ‘microdose’ is an introduction to an essential new voice in Australian indie that is quietly confident, subtly but firmly in control and altogether impressive. 

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On the project, total tommy shares, “total tommy started when I moved cities, came out, and spent time properly getting to know myself. Parts of my brain got unlocked that I’d never been able to tap into before, and with that I quickly got to learn a lot about who I was. I partied so much with new queer friends, fell in love, made mistakes, and wrote music to make sense of it all”.

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The accompanying video, co-directed by HOLL and total tommy, is a grimy, nicotine-stained haze that offers a first glimpse into total tommy’s aesthetic world.

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