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Motion City SoundtrackCommit This To Memory Epitaph/Shock Okay, I'll reluctantly come to terms with the fact that not everyone's going to be as excited about this release as I have been, but Motion City Soundtrack have been high on my list of bands since their incredible debut 'I Am The Movie' last year. But when something's been this long coming, there's always the chance your expectations will exceed the final product. Not so in the case of 'Commit This To Memory'. With Blink 182's Mark Hoppus jumping on board to produce (he's behind the desk now his band's on "indefinite hiatus"), the band sound a million times sharper, more polished and more precise than ever before. Thankfully the band haven't tried to reinvent themselves on their follow up, instead building on their sound. The opening Attractive Today is the perfect bridge, sucking in old fans with familiarity but catchy enough to grab the attention of new listeners. My only gripe with the album is that the best song (Everything Is Alright) is only second on the list. That's not to say that the rest of the album is lacklustre at all: Revolution suckers you into a false sense of security with it's sleepy introduction and explosive chorus; Make Out Kids makes some bold observations about modern society amongst the infectious Moog sprinklings before it's time do get up and move your feet to Time Turned Fragile. Vocalist/guitarist Justin Pierre outdoes himself lyrically on this album, delivering an excellent mix of the cryptic (too many to give an example) and the blatantly obvious (LG Faud begins with the very forward "Let's get fucked up and die..."), and once again Jesse Johnson finds the perfect balance between guitars and synthesizers, to the extent you somewhat forget they're even there. Go out and get this album, and I'm sure Motion City Soundtrack will be on their way to being one of your favourite bands... ever.  |
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