In recent years, Sydney-based artist Jess Holt, best known as Total Tommy, has experienced life-altering, almost unrecognisable moments. Even when change is positive, there comes a time when you need to take stock of the bruises you’ve accumulated and those you’ve inflicted on others. This realisation is the genesis of Total Tommy’s debut album, a collection of bedroom-rock anthems aptly titled “Bruises.” Written during a period when she experienced a breakup, moved house, came out, and met her wife, this album allows Holt’s bold, raw, and witty voice to fully emerge for the first time.