Motion City Soundtrack New CD: Go

Been listening to them for about a decade now. Great live performers. If you've never seen them in concert, do it

Go is...okay. My issue with the album is that a lot of it, simply put, doesn't sound like a MCS album. I can appreciate that artists grow/mature and their new soungs typically reflect that process, but I found myself a bit bored by this album (especially the second half of it). Conversely, there are maybe one or two songs off their first four albums combined that I find boring/not appealing. My fiancee is a huge MCS fan and she isn't loving it either. We especially hate "Boxelder" and "Everyone Will Die." These songs feel like bizarre missteps that belong on some weird Indie album

The bright spots: I felt "Timelines" was definitely the best song on the album, but to keep it in perspective, it probably wouldn't even crack my overall top 20 MCS songs. At least, not yet. The first 3 songs on the album are solid, as are a couple of others.

That's my take. Enjoy!