tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post7994070212081532403..comments2024-03-28T05:23:44.479-07:00Comments on Wilfully Obscure: Motion City Soundtrack - Go (2012, Epitaph) - a brief overviewspavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-46058546211597758102012-06-24T20:03:46.694-07:002012-06-24T20:03:46.694-07:00I hear you Mr., but really it's not that much ...I hear you Mr., but really it's not <i>that</i> much of a departure is it? It's not like they've turned into the Goo Goo Dolls or anything. <br /><br />You might be intersted in Justin's new-ish side project, Farerwell Continental:<br /><br />http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2011/05/farewell-continental-hey-hey-pioneers.htmlspavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-71315702184498839312012-06-24T05:08:41.372-07:002012-06-24T05:08:41.372-07:00When i listened to 'Go' for the first time...When i listened to 'Go' for the first time, I was a little bit disappointed. The second time, it already sounded a lot better. It took me a few listens to really appreciate this album, but for now, it still gets better and better.Just8https://www.blogger.com/profile/15797732994311292729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-18155316492360323742012-06-24T03:15:43.830-07:002012-06-24T03:15:43.830-07:00Hmm, not sure I agree completely this time Mr Spav...Hmm, not sure I agree completely this time Mr Spavid. You got me into MCS in the first place. I'd never heard of them before and the first four albums have become some of my most played over the last two and a half years. For that I'm truly grateful. I love the hilarious but moving turns of phrase that JP uses so often, making unlikely poetry from his bent perspective. I love the rush of power chords and keyboard in buzzy swells of hyperactivity on all those records. But a lot of the words on the new album seem a little trite to me, with obvious rhymes, or line filling syllables. Like scattered seeds of sycamore frinstance or I'm a son of a gun. Really? For a chorus? And the quieter tone seems a little monotonous to me now on my third listen. Maybe I'm being a cranky old man, but I was looking forward to this record with so much excitement and it's yet to move me much. We'll see with a few more listens.Mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080842057485249712noreply@blogger.com