The sole release of the Scott Thomas Band, California is a tidy document of the world of music in 1998. Scott Thomas additionally has a couple of solo (no "Band" in the artist field) albums, one released before and one after this one. Although I haven't heard either of those albums, it seems like Thomas was keen on making an album that emphasized he was playing with a band, venturing (somewhat) out of singer-songwriter territory. Although remarkably filler-free, the three standout tracks are the title/opening track, "Never Coming Home", and "Black Valentine" (an especially good document of the era). Apparently, I'm not alone in believing this, as all three tracks were pulled into a promotional EP (The "High Fiber" EP). That EP also had a bonus track, "Dying Chair", which I took the liberty of grafting on to this album as a bonus track.
Unlike many of the "lost bands" featured here, Scott Thomas is still musically active, in a band called Ringside. However, the Scott Thomas Band is, for all practical purposes, on indefinite hiatus.
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