Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me

Label: Epitaph
Rating: 4 Guns

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Minnesota rockers, Motion City Soundtrack’s junior album, “Even If It Kills Me,” is a must-buy. The style is not a dramatic departure from “Commit This To Memory,” but the song writing and hooks are sonically superior to any album they’ve made thus far.

Complete with moog-oriented guitar melodies, and a cohesive sound, this 5-piece band has yet again made a consistent album that’s palatable to listen to all the way through; a rarity in today’s crap-infested, single-oriented “music market.”

The two current singles, “Broken Heart” and “This is for Real,” have that Teen Movie vibe to them, and hold the album together. “Hello Helicopter,” the band’s most dynamic song to date, is worth listening to over and over again, ad-nauseum, while your friends scream at you to put on the new Shins album. Tell them, “No!” and continue to blast “Hello Helicopter” continuously.

A few other key tracks are, “Calling All Cops,” “Last Night,” and “Antonia.”

It’s definitely worth springing for the import on Amazon.com, which contains the bonus track “Not Asking You To Leave.”

Check them out at MotionCitySoundtrack.com