Commit This To Memory by Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack
Commit This To Memory
2005
Emo
Epitaph

1. Attractive Today
2. Everything Is Alright
3. When "You're" Around
4. Resolution
5. Feel Like Rain
5. Make Out Kis
6. Time Turned Fragile
7. L.G. FUAD
8. Better Open The Door
9. Together We'll Ring In The New Year
10. Hangman
11. Hold Me Down
(Also included is a 500x500 album cover .jpeg)

I want to thank you for being a part of my forget-me-nots and marigolds
And all the things that don't get old
Is it legal to do this? I surely don't know
It's the only way I have learned to express myself
Through other peoples' descriptions of life
I'm afraid I'm alone and entirely useless in this department
Let's get fucked up and die

"L.G. FUAD"

For a long time, my musical taste was focused on pop punk and emo. I'm not proud of that in any way, but I guess no music fan is proud of most of the stuff that they started out listening to. About the time I was getting into Motion City Soundtrack was about when my tastes were beginning to change.

They're very heavily rooted in pop punk, but put their own spin on it, mostly with Moog synthesizers and great lyrics. It's very hard to describe their sound without making them sound generic, so just take my word for it. Motion City Soundtrack is just one of those bands that has really stood the test of time for me and my musical taste, especially Commit This To Memory.

Commit This To Memory is a much more electronic album than their punky debut, I Am The Movie. If I had to pick one of the two, I'd say the first album is better overall, but Commit This To Memory is a better record to start out with. It's packed with hooks, sweet synth riff, and really impressive drumming. I like their singer's tenor voice and his interesting, clever lyrics. Despite the large number of instruments being viciously pounded on, the band sustains a tightly knit synth rock sound. The production is great and is done by ex-blink 182 bassist and presigious podcaster Mark Hoppus.

This is another one of those albums that you're just going to have to take my word for and jump in. I think Motion City Soundtrack is a great band, and "Hold Me Down" is one of my favorite songs.

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The album as a whole isn't super explicit, but there definitely is some heavy swearing going on in "L.G. FUAD" and "When You're Around."

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