Label: Nice Guys
Released: September 18, 2026
If you’ve ever felt the rush of attraction as your eyes lock with a stranger’s across the bar, then Tokyo Tea Room’s latest album might seem familiar to you. Feel Forever is the sensation of drinking a little too much, knowing that you’re already off-kilter and then being steamrolled by unexpected desire.
Losing yourself in the excitement of a new love interest can generate an unmatched high. Tokyo Tea Room embodies the experience through fuzzy guitars and psychedelic synths as vocalist and keyboardist Beth Dunn narrates the rise and fall of a romance. Her soft, somber voice is well-suited to the album’s subject matter of love and loss.
It’s full of looping sounds and simple, echoed lyrics. The first track, “Hypnotised,” is about an all-consuming rush of infatuation that carries through the majority of the album. The guitar here is more upbeat and funky than in most other songs on the album, a little more in focus. The exception to this is “Always in the Sun,” where it gets more room to play as Dunn repeats, “Feel forever / I can’t wait.”
Because mostly, the drums, the bass and even the guitar act as a support for the main show: the synthesizers. Whatever sub-genre of pop you want to categorize the band into, the synthesizers are the cornerstone. In “You’re Mine,” the synths provide a generous dose of audio intrigue to a relatively simple drum beat and bassline.
It’s smooth, it’s polished, it’s processed, like the glass on the coffee table at the bar where we began. It’s a natural progression from the 2025 release No Rush, their similarly confessional, whispery debut, except that Feel Forever feels a little more tipsy.