DFW band T.A.C. will release their debut studio single Oct. 9. “Comes and Goes” will be available on all streaming platforms.

Lead singer and rhythm guitar player Jack Laughlin, who graduated from TCU with a finance degree in 2025, spoke about his creative process when writing “Comes and Goes” about a year ago.

“I remember being really happy about the lyrics and using a bit more imagery,” Laughlin said. “It was the first song where we had to figure out what the process of demoing and coming up with all the parts was like.”

Laughlin described the song creation process as a collaborative one, with each band member including their input or adding different features.

Lead guitarist and back-up singer Max Hughes expressed his enthusiasm for the song’s studio-quality recording.

“I’m just excited for people to be able to hear actual, good studio-quality music,” Hughes said. “We’ve played it live, so that’s the big difference.”

Born on the TCU campus, T.A.C.’s origin came from Laughlin’s search for musicians who had similar musical beliefs and ambitions to his, he said. When Laughlin met bass player True Hughes, a junior nursing major, in 2024, it was an immediate match.

Soon, True introduced his brother, Max, to Laughlin, and T.A.C. was born.

Starting with open-mic nights in Dallas, the band has expanded to performances around the Metroplex and throughout Texas.

T.A.C. said their biggest strength is their live shows and hopes their new music will represent that same energy.

“I think that people should definitely come see [“Comes and Goes”] live,” Laughlin said. “I think what we do is going to translate pretty well over these recordings. But to really see the band in its purest form, it’s definitely live.”

In the future, T.A.C. hopes to perform at increasingly larger venues, as well as release a full-length album and re-record some tracks in the studio.