Scissors

Scissors
Studio album by Blood on the Dance Floor
Publication (s)	16th August 2016
Label (s)	Dark Fantasy Records
Format (s)	Download, CD, vinyl
Genre (s)	Pop , electro-pop , synth-pop
Title (number)	9/12
running time	35:36 / 46:05
occupation	Singing: Dahvie Vanity Singing: Jayy from Monroe
production	Noah Buchanan
chronology Cruel Pornography Scissors RIP 2006-2016
Single releases 5th September 2015 Safe Word May 21, 2016 Ring leader June 10, 2016 Bullseye 4th july 2016 The Age of the Young and the Hopeless August 12, 2016 Scissors 16th August 2016 Sorry Not Sorry

Scissors is the eighth studio album by the US band Blood on the Dance Floor . It was released on August 16, 2016.

backgrounds

Scissors is the last work by Blood on the Dance Floor, in which Jayy von Monroe participated as a singer and was initially announced as their final studio album before the final breakup. Originally only the farewell song Rest in Peace , the only single of the upcoming compilation RIP 2006-2016 , should follow him in terms of new music ; with Fallon Vendetta's entry as the band's lead singer, however, this plan was discarded and several other studio albums were also released.

The two band members have contradicting statements about the making of the album. Were Dahvie Vanity in a Q & A still on, the writing process was a particularly emotional experience for him and called him "blood, sweat and tears," said Jayy of Monroe in its opinion on exit from the music project, he would for the songwriting of single-handedly responsible for ten of the twelve songs in the Deluxe Edition. Furthermore, the working conditions at the plant were so bad for him that, among other situations, they contributed significantly to the decision to leave the band. Both singers are officially named as authors of all titles; all of them were produced by Noah Buchanan .

The album was originally released in a standard version with 9 tracks, and on October 30, 2016 in a deluxe edition with 3 bonus tracks. In addition to widely available download and streaming editions, there are also physical versions of the latter on CD and vinyl , which, however, were not released in large numbers worldwide, but were only available for sale in limited editions in the band's online shop .

The album was preceded by six singles: Safe Word , Ringleader , Bullseye (only on the Deluxe Edition), The Age of the Young and the Hopeless , Scissors and Sorry Not Sorry . Worldwide none of the songs could place in the charts.

Music and lyrics

Scissors deviates music and content both greatly from the preceding EP Cruel Pornography as well as from the previous album Bitchcraft from. While both works were dominated by sexually permissive texts, Scissors was the only album by the band to date that completely dispensed with explicitly explicit lyrics. This may be because Jayy von Monroe felt increasingly uncomfortable playing lewd music to a young fanbase. A large part of the themes of the songs are love relationships in which complicated conditions prevail or which have broken up. On Let Us All Unite is talk of the Jewish barber from the Charles Chaplin film The Great Dictator recited, in which the main character for humanity and cohesion stands for.

While the previously released EP mentioned above was still based on Industrial Metal sounds, Scissors is in comparison a melodic sounding pop album inspired by the 1980s with warm, spherical synths . The dubstep elements, which are still widely used on Bitchcraft , are almost entirely absent on Scissors ; the only exception is the single Bullseye contained in the Deluxe Edition , the chorus of which is a bass drop . Unlike before, the singing style of the two lead singers tends to be clearer. Both rap and screamo interludes , which could be found in abundance on earlier works by the band, are completely absent; also Autotune finds no large-scale use on the album, but the voices are almost continuous with Hall provided. The opening song of the album, Ringleader , stands out from the rest of the tracks with striking features of circus music and a fast 12/8 time signature; in the final of the Standard Edition, Let Us All Unite , is only spoken to the music.

Cover design

The cover is mainly in pink and turquoise pastel tones and shows Jayy from Monroe and Dahvie Vanity standing facing away from each other in front of a rock , the sea can be seen in the background . They wear black sweaters that read “Enjoy Death” and some Japanese letters. Dahvie Vanity's neck is adorned with a necklace with a pentagram , that of Jayy von Monroe is adorned with a key. In the upper third of the screen, the initials of the band, BOTDF, can be seen in white shaded letters , in the middle there are stylized bloody scissors , at the lower edge the album title in white (with the corresponding addition in the Deluxe Edition). A turquoise frame surrounds the picture.

Track list

Scissors
No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	Ring leader	Jayy from Monroe , Dahvie Vanity	4:19
2.	Scissors	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:49
3.	The Age of the Young and the Hopeless	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	5:10
4th	I Am Not In Love Anymore	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:43
5.	Sorry Not Sorry	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	4:19
6th	Safe Word	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	4:15
7th	No regrets	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:27
8th.	Mess like me	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:09
9.	Let Us All Unite	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:31
10.	When You Come Around (bonus track)	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:56
11.	Promises (bonus track)	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	3:50
12.	Bullseye (bonus track)	Jayy from Monroe, Dahvie Vanity	2:43

success

Unlike the previous albums, Scissors was unable to position itself in either the US Billboard 200 charts or the US dance charts and was therefore a commercial failure.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Date of publication. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Announcement as the last album. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Announcement of the last song. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
4. ^ Announcement of the new band member. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Q & A of Dahvie Vanity. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
6. ↑ opinion of Jayy of Monroe. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
7. ↑ credits. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Standard Edition. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Deluxe Edition. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Announcement of the limited number of items. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Safe Word. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Ringleader. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Bullseye. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
14. ^ The Age of the Young and the Hopeless. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Scissors (single). Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Sorry Not Sorry. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
17. ↑ opinion of Jayy of Monroe. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Ringleader lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
19. ↑ I Am Not In Love Anymore Lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Sorry Not Sorry Lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
21. ↑ When You Come Around Lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Promises lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Let Us All Unite lyrics. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
24. ↑ The speech of the Jewish barber. Retrieved March 19, 2019 . 
25. ↑ album cover. Retrieved March 19, 2019 .