Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack formed in Minneapolis in 1997 and became known for a bright, anxious strain of pop punk built around fast guitars, Moog synthesizer lines, and Justin Pierre's tightly wound vocal delivery. I Am the Movie introduced the band's mix of nervous humor, self-examination, and kinetic hooks, while Commit This to Memory brought a sharper studio focus and some of their most durable songs. Even If It Kills Me, My Dinosaur Life, Go, and Panic Stations broadened the sound without losing the clipped rhythms and melodic urgency that defined them. The band's songs often use polished choruses to carry messy emotional material, turning panic, self-sabotage, addiction, and romantic collapse into fast, memorable rock music. After an initial farewell period, their return reinforced how distinctive their combination had been: emo's interior pressure, pop punk's forward motion, and new wave keyboard color working together in songs that feel both frantic and carefully constructed. Few peers made neurosis sound so tuneful. That tension remains the reason their catalog still feels nervous and alive.
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Motion City Soundtrack Discography
14 tracks
- 1 Cambridge 2:31
- 2 Shiver 2:53
- 3 The Future Freaks Me Out 3:36
- 4 Indoor Living 3:47
- 5 My Favorite Accident 3:20
- 6 Perfect Teeth 3:29
- 7 Boombox Generation 3:07
- 8 Don't Call It A Comeback 1:52
- 9 Modern Chemistry 2:22
- 10 Capital H 2:52
- 11 Red Dress 2:36
- 12 Mary Without Sound 3:00
- 13 Autographs & Apologies 3:52
- 14 A-OK 3:49
4 tracks
- 1 In Transit (For You) 5:24
- 2 Playing For Keeps 4:09
- 3 When You're Around 3:04
- 4 Sunday Warning 3:46
12 tracks
- 1 Attractive Today 1:42
- 2 Everything Is Alright 3:27
- 3 When You're Around 2:50
- 4 Resolution 3:48
- 5 Feel Like Rain 3:34
- 6 Make Out Kids 3:04
- 7 Time Turned Fragile 4:15
- 8 L.G. FUAD 3:06
- 9 Better Open the Door 3:00
- 10 Together We'll Ring In the New Year 2:13
- 11 Hangman 2:51
- 12 Hold Me Down 5:19
13 tracks
- 1 Attractive Today 1:42
- 2 Everything Is Alright 3:27
- 3 When You're Around 2:50
- 4 Resolution 3:48
- 5 Feel Like Rain 3:34
- 6 Make Out Kids 3:04
- 7 Time Turned Fragile 4:15
- 8 L.G. FUAD 3:06
- 9 Better Open the Door 3:00
- 10 Together We'll Ring In the New Year 2:13
- 11 Hangman 2:51
- 12 Hold Me Down 5:19
- 13 Invisible Monsters 3:57
20 tracks
- 1 Fell In Love Without You 2:31
- 2 This Is For Real 3:10
- 3 It Had To Be You 3:47
- 4 Last Night 3:17
- 5 Calling All Cops 3:24
- 6 Can't Finish What You Started 3:56
- 7 The Conversation 2:50
- 8 Broken Heart 3:01
- 9 Hello Helicopter 4:23
- 10 Where I Belong 3:23
- 11 Point Of Extinction 2:39
- 12 Antonia 3:16
- 13 Even If It Kills Me 3:51
- 14 Not Asking You To Leave 3:55
- 15 The Worst Part... 4:18
- 16 Fell In Love Without You - Acoustic 3:25
- 17 It Had To Be You - Acoustic 3:40
- 18 Broken Heart - Acoustic 3:16
- 19 Can't Finish What You Started - Acoustic 3:22
- 20 Point Of Extinction - Acoustic 2:52
5 tracks
- 1 Fell In Love Without You - Acoustic 3:25
- 2 It Had To Be You - Acoustic 3:40
- 3 Broken Heart - Acoustic 3:16
- 4 Can't Finish What You Started - Acoustic 3:22
- 5 Point Of Extinction - Acoustic 2:52
1 track
- 1 Her Words Destroyed My Planet 3:38
12 tracks
- 1 Worker Bee 2:25
- 2 A Life Less Ordinary (Need a Little Help) 3:23
- 3 Her Words Destroyed My Planet 3:38
- 4 Disappear 3:12
- 5 Delirium 3:28
- 6 History Lesson 2:35
- 7 Stand Too Close 2:48
- 8 Pulp Fiction 3:53
- 9 @!#?@! 2:59
- 10 Hysteria 3:05
- 11 Skin and Bones 3:36
- 12 The Weakends 4:48
2 tracks
- 1 Wait So Long 3:28
- 2 Disappear 2:51
14 tracks
- 1 Circuits And Wires 3:07
- 2 True Romance 3:21
- 3 Son Of A Gun 3:20
- 4 Timelines 4:04
- 5 Everyone Will Die 2:46
- 6 The Coma Kid 3:30
- 7 Boxelder 3:20
- 8 The Worst Is Yet To Come 3:56
- 9 Bad Idea 3:04
- 10 Happy Anniversary 4:17
- 11 Floating Down The River 3:15
- 12 Bottom Feeder 3:21
- 13 Give Up/Give In 3:39
- 14 Alcohol Eyes 2:57
10 tracks
- 1 Attractive Today - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 2:31
- 2 Don't Call It A Comeback - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 2:22
- 3 Her Words Destroyed My Planet - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:42
- 4 Time Turned Fragile - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 4:00
- 5 Let's Get Fucked Up and Die - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:35
- 6 True Romance - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:25
- 7 My Favorite Accident - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:39
- 8 Inside Out - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:21
- 9 The Future Freaks Me Out - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:58
- 10 Everything Is Alright - Live from Vans Warped Tour 2013 3:41
1 track
- 1 Inside Out 3:08
11 tracks
- 1 Anything At All 2:40
- 2 TKO 3:38
- 3 I Can Feel You 4:47
- 4 Lose Control 2:31
- 5 Heavy Boots 3:01
- 6 It's A Pleasure To Meet You 3:43
- 7 Over It Now 2:46
- 8 Broken Arrow 3:11
- 9 Gravity 2:59
- 10 The Samurai Code 3:54
- 11 Days Will Run Away 5:23
1 track
- 1 TKO 3:38
27 tracks
- 1 Fell In Love Without You 2:31
- 2 This Is For Real 3:10
- 3 It Had To Be You 3:47
- 4 Last Night 3:17
- 5 Calling All Cops 3:24
- 6 Can't Finish What You Started 3:56
- 7 The Conversation 2:50
- 8 Broken Heart 3:01
- 9 Hello Helicopter 4:23
- 10 Where I Belong 3:23
- 11 Point Of Extinction 2:39
- 12 Antonia 3:16
- 13 Even If It Kills Me 3:51
- 14 Not Asking You To Leave 3:55
- 15 Fell In Love Without You - Acoustic 3:25
- 16 It Had To Be You - Acoustic 3:40
- 17 Broken Heart - Acoustic 3:16
- 18 Can't Finish What You Started - Acoustic 3:22
- 19 Point Of Extinction - Acoustic 2:52
- 20 It Had To Be You - Live 4:13
- 21 Broken Heart - Live 3:49
- 22 Last Night - Live 4:06
- 23 It Had To Be You - Prequel Holiday Show Intro Version 1:04
- 24 Fell In Love Without You - Live Demo 1:53
- 25 Last Night - Live Demo 3:10
- 26 Antonia - Live Demo 2:43
- 27 Even If It Kills Me - Justin's Original Daniel Johnston Style Bedroom Demo 1:23
1 track
- 1 Crooked Ways 4:22
1 track
- 1 Stop Talking 3:20
11 tracks
- 1 Some Wear a Dark Heart 2:45
- 2 She Is Afraid 3:41
- 3 Particle Physics 3:25
- 4 You Know Who the Fuck We Are 3:05
- 5 Melancholia 3:04
- 6 Your Days Are Numbered 3:41
- 7 Downer 3:32
- 8 Mi Corazón 2:43
- 9 Bloodline 1:41
- 10 Things Like This 3:48
- 11 The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World 4:00
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