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TM is the eighth and final studio album by American hip hop boy band Brockhampton. It was released on November 18, 2022, one day after the release of the group's previous studio album The Family, through RCA and Question Everything. For its entire rollout, The Family was advertised as the band's final album. A surprise release, TM was announced for release alongside a promo image for The Family, and was billed by the band as a "parting gift for fans".[1]

TM
A drawing of several scattered figures
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2022
RecordedEarly 2020-August 2021
Length37:30
Label
  • Question Everything
  • RCA
Producer
  • Matt Champion
  • Kiko Merley
  • Joba
  • Jonah Abraham
  • Romil Hemnani
  • Bradford Lewis
  • Jabari Manwa
  • Baird
  • William Van Zandt
  • Goldwash
  • Alex Goose
  • Dom McLennon
  • Dutra
  • Grant Lapointe
  • Merlyn Wood
  • Solomonophonic
  • John DeBold
  • Coop The Truth
  • Dylan Neustadter
  • The Kount
  • Wesley Allen
Brockhampton chronology
The Family
(2022) 		TM
(2022)

The album was executively produced by Brockhampton member Matt Champion, marking Champion's first production credit on a Brockhampton project.[2] Although he is credited as part of the group, vocalist and producer Bearface did not contribute to the record.[3]

The Family had been advertised as the final studio album from Brockhampton. Despite this, in a promo image posted to social media alongside the release of The Family, the band announced surprise album TM in small text towards the bottom of the image, reading "Surprise album (TM) midnight local."[4]

Stated in a press release, TM is "an album 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." The album is executively produced by Brockhampton member Matt Champion.[1][5]

"Keep It Southern" and "Man on the Moon" were previously teased as part of the band's Technical Difficulties Radio livestreams in 2020.[6]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
Clash9/10[8]
Evening Standard     [9]

Clash journalist James Mellen called TM "a classic Brockhampton record" that successfully ended the Brockhampton project, featuring "immaculate production, genre shapeshifting, and some of the cleanest verses from the group in quite some time".[8]

Brockhampton

  • Matt Champion – vocals (1–4, 6–9, 11), production (7), additional drum programming (1), art direction, executive production
  • Kevin Abstract – vocals (1–10)
  • Jabari Manwa – vocals (2–4, 9), production (2, 4, 9–11), additional production (3)
  • Dom McLennon – vocals (1, 3–4, 10), production (3, 9)
  • Joba – vocals (6–11), production (1)
  • Merlyn Wood – vocals (4–5), production (5)
  • Bearface (credit only)
  • Romil Hemnani – production (2–6, 9, 11), recording (1–7, 9–11)
  • Kiko Merley – production (1, 3, 5–8), arrangement (7)
  • Henock "HK" Sileshi – art direction, graphic design
  • Ashlan Grey – photography

Additional musicians

  • Ryan Beatty – vocals (2, 6)
  • August Royals – additional vocals (6)
  • Rich Hinman – slide guitar (7)
  • Jay Rudolph – drums (8)
  • Sean Matsukawa – guitar (10)
  • Brad Lewis – production (2)
  • Baird – production (2, 7, 9)
  • WilliamVanZandt– production (2)
  • Goldwash – production (2)
  • Jonah Abraham – production (3, 5–6, 8, 11), synth bass (2, 9)
  • Alex Goose – production (3)
  • Dutra – production (4)
  • Grant Lapointe – production (5), synth (1), keys (6, 8)
  • Solomonophonic – production (6), additional production (3)
  • John Debold – production (6)
  • Coop the Truth – production (8)
  • Dylan Neustadter – production (9)
  • The Kount – production (9)
  • Wesley Allen – production (9)
  • Jordon Lumley – additional production (8)

Technical personnel

  • Alex Thompson – recording engineer (1)
  • Eddie Roberts – recording engineer (1)
  • Garry Purohit – recording engineer (1–4, 7, 9, 11)
  • Jeremy Simoneaux – recording engineer (8)
  • Alex Tumay – mixing
  • Andrew Kim – mixing assistant
  • Nacor Zuluaga – mixing assistant
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  1. ^ a b Anderson, Carys; Graves, Wren (November 17, 2022). "Brockhampton bow out with final album The Family: Stream". Consequence. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Hussain, Shahzaib (July 22, 2024). "Elysian Fields: Matt Champion Interviewed | Features". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved September 30, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Curto, Justin (November 18, 2022). "Brockhampton Isn't Quite Ready to Say Good-bye". Vulture. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Brockhampton [@brckhmptn] (November 17, 2022). "https://brockhampton.lnk.to/thefamily" (Tweet). Retrieved November 17, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Aniftos, Rania (March 9, 2024). "BLACKPINK's Jennie Teams Up With Brockhampton's Matt Champion for 'Slow Motion'". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "Top 10 BROCKHAMPTON Albums". Live365 Blog. December 1, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  7. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Brockhampton – TM". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Mellen, James (November 18, 2022). "BROCKHAMPTON – TM". Clash. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  9. ^ Smyth, David (November 25, 2022). "Brockhampton: The Family/TM albums review – plenty to unpick in the first, but better flows in the second". Evening Standard. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  10. ^ "BROCKHAMPTON – Official Site".
  11. ^ "Credits / The Family". November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200..." Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved December 6, 2022.