TMOTD explained

TMOTD
Type:studio
Artist:Scar Tissue
Cover:Scar Tissue - TMOTD.jpg
Released:[1]
Genre:Electro-industrial
Length:66:06
Label:21st Circuitry
Producer:Steve Watkins
Prev Title:Separator
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Rebuild
Next Year:1998

TMOTD is the second studio album by Scar Tissue, released on April 15, 1997 by 21st Circuitry.[2]

Music

TMOTD contained further tracks recorded during the sessions that produced the Scar Tissue's debut. The music displayed the band consciously shifted away from percussive oriented pieces towards electronic compositions with increased use of vocal samples and keyboard rhythms.[3] Composer Steve Watkins has called "A Million Screens" his favorite from the album.[4]

Artwort

Scar Tissue's composer Steve Watkins contacted Jhonen Vasquez, illustrator for the comic Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, to create the band's logo on TMOTD.[5] The front illustration was created by musician and sound engineer Nathan Moody, who designed the album covers for the band's entire 21st Circuitry output.

Reception

Aiding & Abetting praised the atmosphere and ambition of TMOTD, describing the music as "almost sound construction posing as songs."[6] Tom Schulte of Allmusic awarded the album four out of five possible stars, calling it a masterpiece of the genre and saying "Scar Tissue takes the most chances in this category of electronica, and therefore takes listeners the furthest" and that their music "the most elaborate and schizophrenic representatives of the darkwave genre." Sonic Boom praised the band's ability to improvise and said the album "breaks new ground without sacrificing all of the lessons learned previously, thereby making it a much more cohesive effort."[3] Last Sigh Magazine also commended the band's musical prowess and said "there are also a great deal of harmonic surges on this release which add depth and intensity to the rhythms and beats within, and great choices of vocal/film sampling."[7]

Personnel

Adapted from the TMOTD liner notes.[8]

Scar Tissue

Additional performers

Production and design

External links

Notes and References

  1. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 2000 . 9 . 2 . 230 . 9781575980782 . July 25, 2020.
  2. Kim Ann . Alexander . A Live IRC chat with Scar Tissue . Last Sigh Magazine . December 14, 1997 . July 25, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419143621/http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/scarchat.htm . April 19, 2012.
  3. Chris . Christian . Scar Tissue: TMOTD . Sonic Boom . April 1997 . 5 . 3 . July 23, 2020.
  4. Mike . Santarpia . Scar Tissue: Steve Watkins & Phil Caldwell . Last Sigh Magazine . January 1998 . July 25, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419145809/http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/scartissue3.htm . April 19, 2012.
  5. Kim Ann . Alexander . An Evening With Steve R Watkins & Phillip Caldwell of Scar Tissue . Last Sigh Magazine . June 4, 1997 . July 25, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419144040/http://www.lastsigh.com:80/interviews/stissue.htm . April 19, 2012.
  6. Jon . Worley . Scar Tissue: TMOTD . Aiding & Abetting . March 31, 1997 . 131 . July 25, 2020.
  7. Kim Ann . Alexander . Scar Tissue: TMOTD . Last Sigh Magazine . March 13, 1999 . July 25, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110216011702/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/scartissuetmotd.htm . February 16, 2011.
  8. TMOTD . TMOTD . . 1997 . booklet . . San Diego, California.

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