Motion City Soundtrack Band • Page 25

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Back when Panic Stations came out I messaged Justin on Facebook inquiring about that second album they supposedly recorded after Panic Stations but before it was released. He told me it was a "reimagining" of an older album and that it would be released. Never was. Man, do I want to hear that.

 

Yeah he told me the same thing. I suspect we will never hear it, but I assumed it was an acoustic greater hits.

 

My guess is that it's CTTM acoustic, and if there's any chance of us ever hearing it at this point, it will be on a "major" anniversary for the album (I'd guess when it turns 15).

 

yeah id assume either CTTM or EIIKM acoustic albums much like what they did with IATM

 

Wait... is there an acoustic IATM album out there? Because if so you may have just changed my life.

 

Just live

 

It's a live video but it's high quality

 

I am going to have to watch that video sometime soon. IATM and CTTM are my favorite Motion City albums.

 

Yea I need to see that video asap. I didnt even know about it

 

They were playing reworked, kind of stripped down/almost electronic versions of various songs before their sets and after they finished for a couple tours. I always figured they would get a proper release and I hope that's still the case.

 

Thank you!

 

I asked Justin about that mystery MCS album again a couple months back. He posted on Facebook the other day that he has been going through his social media messages from fans and trying to respond to them. He said this to me this morning:



"Ask us again in a few years."

...do with that what you will.

 

Hmmm interested. Acoustic MDL? Could release it in three years for the ten year anniversary.

 

I would like that except 4 of those songs already have acoustic versions from the deluxe album. Also if I remember right this was recorded around the CTTM 10-year so I'm sure that's what it is.

 

...CTTM 15 year anniversary?

 

Yeah I could see it getting packaged with the original album for an anniversary release.

 

Random thought: I'm down to fight anyone who doesn't like Panic Stations

 

I'll back you up.

 

I don't think PS is very good. I pretty much only care for Days Will Run Away and I Can Feel You. The rest is just mostly boring to me...there's just nothing about it that would make me go back to it over CTTM, EIIKM, Go, or even MDL.

 

joke reply: k, let's fight

real reply: I think that if Panic Stations was released between CTTM and EIIKM, people would have loved it. I can pull 4-5 songs off of PS that I really think could have been on CTTM.

 

I think Go is SUPER underrated. I think it just came out at the wrong time. It was released in the summer, but to me it feels much more like a fall/winter album. I think people were expecting a fun summer album from them.

 

The fact that you said "or even MDL" as if it's an afterthought....

 

I’m not so sure about this. I like it more than most but every other record in their discography has songs that are stronger than almost every song on PS.