With punk-pop stalwarts blink-182 now out of the running, Motion City Soundtrack could very well be crowned the genre's new torchbearers. Theirs is a punk-pop untainted by emo, unfazed by hardcore, and firmly focused on the latter element -- pop -- which seems to be second language to this melody-driven quintet. To that end, Even If It Kills Me finds the band working with (am...(展开全部) With punk-pop stalwarts blink-182 now out of the running, Motion City Soundtrack could very well be crowned the genre's new torchbearers. Theirs is a punk-pop untainted by emo, unfazed by hardcore, and firmly focused on the latter element -- pop -- which seems to be second language to this melody-driven quintet. To that end, Even If It Kills Me finds the band working with (among others) Cars co-founder and veteran knob-twiddler Ric Ocasek, who piles their harmonies and distorted guitars into crunchy blocks of radio gold. Motion City Soundtrack shares more than a few similarities with Ocasek's former group -- their dedication to the pop genre, for instance, with roots in something harder -- and his presence is a warm tribute to a band whose efforts deserve some veteran recognition. As before, frontman Justin Pierre is the star of this album, whether he's doing his part to liven up a semi-sedate ballad ("The Conversation" -- one of the album's only downer tracks) or channel the commercial spirit of former single "Everything Is Alright." In fact, Even If It Kills Me does seem to consciously aim for commercial acceptance, but rarely at the expense of the quirks and literate lyrics that first endeared Motion City Soundtrack to its fans. There's simply more radio-worthy material here, from the beefy bass-driven "This Is for Real" to the mix of synthesized pop/rock and latter-day Guster in "Hello Helicopter." By splitting productions duties between power pop veteran Adam Schlesinger, Eli Janney, and the aforementioned Ocasek, Motion City Soundtrack also avoids the seventh inning stretch -- that nebulous point on Memory and I Am the Movie where the albums' final tracks begin to suffer from being so similar to their predecessors. There's no lull here, just fast-paced fun -- which, given the band's motion-centric name, is as appropriate as it is tuneful.
There's so much to say/
But no words to convey/
The loneliness building with each passing day/
But I’m getting used to it/
You have to get used to it
调子迭次降下来,像是打开闸门给心放血。
“你总会习惯。”
0 有用 昵称已被占用 2009-03-30 19:01:06
UT的图案...
0 有用 猛汉世雄 2008-05-01 10:58:09
啧啧~小巧可爱得要死!这就是我的口味……
0 有用 破罐子破摔 2014-04-01 19:59:16
我记得那时候闹歌荒,我在通俗歌曲杂志上看到的推荐,本来不抱希望的,没想到风格这么和我口味,就是喜欢这种很直接没内涵的美式朋克啊。
0 有用 Xiao米 2007-10-14 21:48:11
心跳加速
0 有用 Tigerlily 2012-02-04 14:30:59
好早听的专辑,没什么印象了但是封面记得很清。
0 有用 0o.培培.o0 2010-05-24 21:33:13
还行
0 有用 吉塔 2008-06-10 11:13:19
生猛mcs不见了
0 有用 芒砀 2017-02-22 03:16:10
There's so much to say/ But no words to convey/ The loneliness building with each passing day/ But I’m getting used to it/ You have to get used to it 调子迭次降下来,像是打开闸门给心放血。 “你总会习惯。”
0 有用 猛汉世雄 2008-05-01 10:58:09
啧啧~小巧可爱得要死!这就是我的口味……
0 有用 Tigerlily 2012-02-04 14:30:59
好早听的专辑,没什么印象了但是封面记得很清。