TMOTD

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.{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://sonic-boom.com/review/scar.tissue-3.html |title=Scar Tissue: TMOTD |journal=Sonic Boom |date=April 1997 |volume=5 |issue=3 |accessdate=July 23, 2020}} Composer Steve Watkins has called "A Million Screens" his favorite from the album.{{cite journal |first=Mike |last=Santarpia |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/scartissue3.htm |title=Scar Tissue: Steve Watkins & Phil Caldwell |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=January 1998 |accessdate=July 25, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419145809/http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/scartissue3.htm |archive-date=April 19, 2012}}

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.{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/stissue.htm |title=An Evening With Steve R Watkins & Phillip Caldwell of Scar Tissue |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=June 4, 1997 |accessdate=July 25, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419144040/http://www.lastsigh.com:80/interviews/stissue.htm |archive-date=April 19, 2012}} 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.

{{Music ratings

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|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Tom |last=Schulte |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000233633|pure_url=yes}}|title=Scar Tissue: TMOTD > Review |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 25, 2020}}

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Aiding & Abetting praised the atmosphere and ambition of TMOTD, describing the music as "almost sound construction posing as songs."{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archS1.html#SCAR |title=Scar Tissue: TMOTD |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=March 31, 1997 |issue=131 |accessdate=July 25, 2020}} 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." 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."{{cite journal |first=Kim Ann |last=Alexander |url=http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/scartissuetmotd.htm |title=Scar Tissue: TMOTD |journal=Last Sigh Magazine |date=March 13, 1999 |accessdate=July 25, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216011702/http://www.lastsigh.com/reviews/scartissuetmotd.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2011}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Philip Caldwell and Steve Watkins

| title1 = Crashtime

| length1 = 5:55

| title2 = Cascade

| length2 = 4:45

| title3 = Not Your Own

| length3 = 4:23

| title4 = A Million Screens

| length4 = 5:04

| title5 = Aftermath

| length5 = 3:45

| title6 = Switch

| length6 = 4:22

| title7 = Membrane

| length7 = 6:11

| title8 = Gravity

| length8 = 3:31

| title9 = In This Place

| length9 = 4:30

| title10 = Subterrain

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Crying Response Machine

| length11 = 2:47

| title12 = Laughing Response Machine

| length12 = 5:47

| title13 = The Devices 1

| length13 = 0:22

| title14 = The Devices 2

| length14 = 0:57

| title15 = The Devices 3

| length15 = 0:48

| title16 = The Devices 4

| length16 = 0:46

| title17 = The Devices 5

| length17 = 1:59

| title18 = The Devices 6

| length18 = 1:31

| title19 = The Devices 7

| length19 = 0:18

| title20 = The Devices 8

| length20 = 0:19

| title21 = The Devices 9

| length21 = 0:38

| title22 = The Devices 10

| length22 = 1:27

| title23 = The Devices 11

| length23 = 1:46

| title24 = The Devices 12

| length24 = 0:15

| title25 = The Devices 13

| length25 = 0:37

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Adapted from the TMOTD liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=TMOTD |title-link=TMOTD |others=Scar Tissue |year=1997 |type=booklet |publisher=21st Circuitry |location=San Diego, California}}

Scar Tissue

• Philip Caldwell – sequencing, bass guitar, percussion
• Steve Watkins – lead vocals, sampler, sequencing, bass guitar, percussion, production, engineering

Additional performers

• Jen Slatten – violin (9)
• Seann Vowell (Dofino) – tape (12)
• Alex Yang (as Theatre of Cruelty) – tape (12)

Production and design

• Nathan Moody – cover art, design
• Jhonen Vasquez – design

{{reflist}}

• [https://scartissue.bandcamp.com/album/tmotd TMOTD] at Bandcamp
• {{Discogs master |master=732909 |name=TMOTD |type=album}}

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