Motion City Soundtrack has officially released their first new album in ten years, ‘The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World’, which is available everywhere out now via Epitaph. The band, known for transmuting complex human emotions into hooky pop punk charm, returns with a powerful collection of songs that sees them reclaiming their crown as one of punk rock’s most accessible and infectious acts. The album was preceded by the sobering rock ballad, “Your Days Are Numbered,” a special track that features an impassioned cameo from Mat Kerekes of Citizen. Frontman Justin Pierre described Mat’s contribution as “f***ing brutal.”
The band, composed of Justin Pierre, Joshua Cain, Matt Taylor, Jesse Johnson, and Tony Thaxton, challenged themselves to reach outside of their collective comfort zone for this new material. Pierre admits that previously he felt he didn’t have an identity, saying, “now by working through the hard stuff, I know who I am.” The group reunited with Sean O’Keefe at the legendary Electrical Audio studio in Chicago to record the album. The track listing boasts other features, including Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump (who co wrote the song “Particle Physics”) and Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer. As guitarist Joshua Cain explains, the result is an album that sees the band transmuting the last decade of life experiences into the catchiest songs of their career.
‘The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World’ Track Listing
- All the Difference
- Perfect World
- Particle Physics (feat. Patrick Stump)
- Lost in the Static
- Your Days Are Numbered (feat. Mat Kerekes)
- Just Like Me
- Don’t Look Back
- I’m Getting Better
- If It’s Alright
- A Quiet Voice
- All the Things I Could Have Said
- Everything Is Fine
