Motion City Soundtrack - The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World (September 19, 2025) • Page 25

This is growing on me with every listen. So glad to have them back.

I actually prefer the first half of this, I think it’s just outright catchier, but it’s cool to see them experimenting in the second half too.

 

I think this is my favorite front-to-back album from them since Even If It Kills Me, but if we're naming favorite post-prime MCS tracks, gimme "I Can Feel You" and "Days Will Run Away." Panic Stations is just "pretty good" overall, but those songs are killer.

 

not really into Particle Physics.

 

Particle Physics may be one of the catchiest songs they've ever written.

Album wise:

Melancholia
Things Like This
Particle Physics
Your Days Are Numbered
Bloodline
She Is Afraid
The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
You Know Who The Fuck We Are
Some Wear A Dark Heart
Mi Corazon
Downer

The last three shuffle around a bit.

 

Particle Physics is catchy but Things Like This is on another level.

 

I work a weekend job delivering weekly premade meals to folks. They asked me to take a second shift yesterday, and for the full five hours, I just listened to this on repeat, completely unintentionally lol. Solid way to pass the time driving through the (miserable) streets of Boston trying to find parking, lol.

 

I guess you just don't get it. Must be a lack of connection.

 

Things Like You being positioned at track 10 reminds me of Point Of Extinction's placement on EIIKM...how did a song this good end up buried here???

 

Counterpoint: putting a good song late in the album sequence is not "burying" it; it's caring about a full-album listening experience.

 

I had the same thought about a late-album catchy-as-hell jam.

 

I mean, it’s on the album so I guess I wouldn’t consider it buried…

 

Me trying to explain to my bandmate that we don't have to frontload every album with "the best songs" so people keep listening

 

I think if there's a song on your album that you think is going to cause people to stop listening, you either 1) replace it with a better song, 2) embrace the fact that there is something about your album that might be challenging to some listeners, 3) be ok with losing out on the absolute lowest common denominator of low-attention-span dweebs.

 

Most of my favourite albums are backloaded. Commit This to Memory is.

 

That's the EXACT thing that I thought. So so good

 

so uh, did anyone else pre-order the vinyl and it's printed all wacky like sideways and shit?

 

lol, it seems very much intentional

 

Seemed like an odd choice to me
Its not like it lines up better with the back or anything so just wondered if anything had been mentioned cause the hype sticker was placed how you'd expect it be if the art was displayed like it is online.

 

Maybe they need a phd?

 

It seems like it does line up better with the back?

 

Yeah, I meant my comment positively...as in, "dang they placed an incredible song late in the sequence, listeners gotta dig for this one and it's awesome they have enough great songs they can do this."

 

Poor choice of the word with "buried," I'm realizing lol. I meant it positively, people!

 

I listen to full albums, so I couldn’t care less what track number a song is.

 

It's funny, I feel like a lot of us learned so early on that whatever bands picked to be the closing track was one to watch for. But I also have always ascribed extra importance to whatever lands in the penultimate slot, probably more so than a track 2 or a track 3. Whereas, I think the typical thing is to expect the cream of the crop at the beginning of the album, especially among listeners raised on streaming.

 

I absolutely care what track number a song is if I'm listening all the way through. Sometimes bands just have absolutely no flow to their albums