TM

## ***TM*** by BROCKHAMPTON

***TM*** (***The Mountain***) is the eighth and final studio album by BROCKHAMPTON. It was released at midnight on November 18, 2022, as a surprise release following their previously-announced final album, *The Family*.

Unlike *The Family*, *TM* features most of the band, excluding bearface, who is only credited as part of the group. *TM* also has a wider range of subjects when compared to its preceding album.

## Background

Between April 2022 and the release day of *The Family*, fans were given the impression that BROCKHAMPTON only planned to release one "final album."

On the day *The Family* released, an image was posted to their Instagram and Twitter pages which read "SURPRISE ALBUM (TM) MIDNIGHT LOCAL."

## Recording

A press release that went out stated that the album is "made up of songs that were started by the group during a two week stint in Ojai, California in 2021, but were never fully completed during those sessions."

An October 30 post by Dom features clips from BH's time in Ojai; in one part of it, an alternate eleven-song track list was shown. The track list read, in order: HEY BROTHER, DREAM BABY DREAM, TOO HOT / STORY, SURVIVOR, PASSION, LIBERATION!, LISTERINE, FOR ME, MESS, PLAY THE FOOL, and CREEPER.

## Release and promotion

The album was released in CD format with baby pictures of each member of BH's final lineup on six separate copies: Kevin, JOBA, Ciarán, Jabari, Dom, and Merlyn.

The band performed "NEW SHOES" for the first and last time together at the band's final show at The Fonda. At some point during the performance, Merlyn inadvertently revealed that the album's title stood for *The Mountain*.

Two music videos were released for the album: "NEW SHOES" on November X, and "MAN ON THE MOON" on November 24. The latter consists of a lot of older footage of the band and has been marketed as the band's final music video.

## Track listing

1. FMG
2. ANIMAL
3. LISTERINE
4. NEW SHOES
5. KEEP IT SOUTHERN
6. MAN ON THE MOON
7. BETTER THINGS
8. CRUCIFY ME
9. DUCT TAPE
10. ALWAYS SOMETHING
11. GOODBYE

## Music videos

* NEW SHOES (November 18)
* MAN ON THE MOON (November 24)

## References

1. ↑ *TM* (album). Wikipedia. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
2. ↑ Monroe, Jazz (November 17, 2022). "Brockhampton Releasing Another New Album, *TM*, Tonight". *Pitchfork*. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
3. ↑ @brckhmptn (November 17, 2022). "brockhampton.lnk.to/thefamily". Twitter. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
4. ↑ Anderson, Carys, Graves, Wren (November 17, 2022). "BROCKHAMPTON Bow Out With Final Album The Family: Stream". *Consequence*. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
5. ↑ @dom.mclennon (October 30, 2022). "Family Days, August 2021 - Ojai, CA Sharing some slices of life with y’all , I’ll probably start doin this more now". Instagram. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
6. ↑ u/secondsawayfromchaos (November 20, 2022). "MERLYN JUST ACCIDENTALLY CONFIRMED TM IS THE MOUNTAIN". r/brockhampton on Reddit. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
7. ↑ BROCKHAMPTON (November 18, 2022). "NEW SHOES - BROCKHAMPTON". YouTube. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
8. ↑ BROCKHAMPTON (November 24, 2022). "MAN ON THE MOON - BROCKHAMPTON". YouTube. Retrieved January 2, 2023.