Scar Tissue: TMOTD
- Crashtime
- Cascade
- Not Your Own
- A Million Screens
- Aftermath
- Switch
- Membrane
- Gravity
- In This Place
- Subterrain
- Crying Response Machine
- Laughing Response Machine
- The Devices
With the release of their sophomore effort, Scar Tissue appears to be moving
slightly away from all percussion oriented pieces and toward a little more
fluid electronic compositions. Some of this may be due in part to their first
album consisting of older material rather than their current body of work. This
new album, while still retaining much of the original feel of "Separator",
continues to expand into new territory with an increased used of vocal samples,
and keyboard rhythms. "TMOTD", also contains a few of the older tracks that
didn't make it onto Scar Tissue's first album, as a sort of noise medley at
the end of the record. In his role as lead vocalist, and percussion wizard,
Steve Watkins, has also continued to mix both pre-written and improvised lyrics
throughout the album. This type of free form improvisation has always been one
of Scar Tissue's strongest points, and it is good to see that Steve is
continuing with that type of song writing. Overall, "TMOTD", does what most
sophomore albums fail to do, it breaks new ground without sacrificing all of
the lessons learned previously, thereby making it a much more cohesive
effort.
Scar Tissue is:
Steve Watkins - sampling, sequencing, vocals, percussion, bass
Philip Caldwell - guitar, sampling, sequencing, bass, toys
Contact:
21st Circuitry Records
P.O. Box 170100
San Francisco, CA 94117
E-mail: circuit@sirius.com
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