San Diego-based artist Matthew Phillips showcases a moving, vibrant sound on ‘Till It’s Over, an album that achieves an illuminated blend of electronic pop, rock, and melodic guitar flourishes. The album pulses with climactic textures and heartfelt vocals, balancing euphoric energy and introspective moments with impressive musicality. It marks continued success for Phillips, who has been nominated and won “Best Pop Artist” at the San Diego Music Awards in both 2024 and 2025.

“Together Forever” resonates with a cathartic, emotive enthrallment to open the album. “It’s time to get over you,” a vocal clarity lets out as rhythmic pulses pause momentarily, then launching into a gauzy array of colorful synth bursts and bouncy percussive fervor. A more ballad-ready disposition takes hold thereafter amidst accounts of a broken heart and “losing a piece of me.” The track’s production dazzles in its variety, tonally, between danceable effervescence and melancholic yearning. Subsequent track “Time Fades Love” embraces a more rock styling, as moody guitar and piano combine with rainy-day introspection. Rousing distortion and sturdy rhythms follow, as vocals ruminate on the passage of time and shared hardships within a relationship.

The opening one-two punch showcases Phillips’ ability to succeed in both realms of electronic pop and soaring rock. The hooky, magnetic songwriting continues consistently from there. “So In Love” is particularly engaging, as glistening synth brightness follows impactfully following a vocal yearning for “one more night with you.” Album finale “Goodbye” excels as well, lyrically retracing an “empty space in my heart” between piano-set balladry and riveting guitar-forward ardor. ‘Till It’s Over is a dynamic, emotively express success from Matthew Phillips.

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