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Album Review: Motion City Soundtrack - Panic Stations

Pete Laurie
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"This record will change no one's mind for better or worse regarding this band."

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Motion City Soundtrack have made the epitome of harmless pop punk fun on Panic Stations, which is filled with soaring guitars, tight harmonies and flighty keyboards. 

Inoffensive, rule-abiding and not interested in challenging anyone's expectations or going beyond any comfort zones, this record will change no one's mind for better or worse regarding this band. There's a perfection to every note and every beat that keeps the album from ever feeling real, or heartfelt, or lived in. Motion City Soundtrack definitely know how to craft a melody, but Panic Stations would just be better if that craftsmanship wasn't always so meticulously precise.