Motion City Soundtrack have confirmed that they have resigned with Epitaph Records to release their new record. Check out a tweet from the band below by clicking “Read More!”
Motion City Soundtrack will be playing their album discography over two nights in mid-April at the XOYO club in London. You can check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.”
Motion City Soundtrack have confirmed that they will be playing all four of their albums in a two night span sometime in London in the upcoming months.
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Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack, The Story So Far, and Hit The Lights, among others, have been added to the 2012 Slam Dunk Festival. Two additional shows have also been added to the festival in Cardiff and Glasgow. You can check out the updated lineups below by clicking “Read More.”
Motion City Soundtrack, Hellogoodbye, Doomtree, The Front Bottoms, and Arrange have all been announced for AbsolutePunk’s SXSW Showcase on March 16th/17th. You can check out the set times for the bands below by clicking “Read More.”
The Company We Keep have released a new song called “Right/Wrong.” The band is composed of Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack and Brian Southall from The Receiving End Of Sirens in addition to Amy Brennan and Branden Morgan. You can stream the new song here.
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Motion City Soundtrack have added a few shows to their itinerary in mid-March. You can check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.”
The Company We Keep will be releasing their debut 7” on April 24th via Mad Dragon Records/Boombox Generation. Check out the track listing below by clicking “Read More.”
The Company We Keep, Justin Pierre and Brian Southall’s new band, will be releasing their debut 7” on April 24th through MAD Dragon Records and The Boombox Generation. Check out the artwork for the release below by clicking “Read More.”
The Company We Keep (Motion City Soundtrack, TREOS) have released a song teaser to give fans a first taste of what their music will sound like. Check it out below by clicking “Read More.”
Justin Pierre has confirmed that Motion City Soundtrack’s long-awaited album will be coming out in June. You can check out an update from Pierre below by clicking “Read More.”
Motion City Soundtrack and MAD Dragon Records have slowly been releasing the bands featured in their Making Moves collaboration. The label has now released a full press release with all the information and you can check it out below by clicking “Read More.”
The Company We Keep is a new band that features Brian Southall, Justin Pierre, Branden Morgan, and Amy Brennan, and fans have been stoked to find out more. PropertyOfZack had the chance to chat with Brian Southall not too long ago to discuss the band’s formation, writing with Justin, a debut 7”, LP plans, and much more. Read up and find out what to expect!
For the record, could you state your name and role in The Company We Keep?
My name is Brian Southall and I play guitar and am the primary songwriter for The Company We Keep.
You’ve had your fair amount of projects over the years, but you’ve been quiet as of late with tour managing. When did you want to jump back in with a new project?
I had been using this band name since right before TREOS broke up. I wanted it to be a thing, but nothing came of it. I realized I could maybe do it again about a year ago after being on tour with Motion City. Justin liked all the songs, and we started writing songs together because I’m incapable of writing a melody or a hook. Once Justin began putting things on top of the songs it felt like it was finally worthwhile to try to make it a full time thing as soon as possible. It took a little while, but we’re getting it going.
We frequently see bands or artists start new bands, and it sort of takes a while to take shape. That often frustrates fans because the project can go through so many phases. You kept this quiet until recently, so was it nice to mold the project outside of the public eye?
Definitely. I’m glad we didn’t try to hurry and release anything. These few songs we’ve recorded are very different from what Justin and I thought it would originally be. We had even tried to start making what we thought we would be a record ourselves, and it just didn’t work out. I’m glad we didn’t push harder on that. We have the same songs, but they’re much better.
Can you talk about the other band members?
Branden, the drummer, plays in the band Misery Signals. He’s been a friend for a number of years now. I always just thought he was one of the best drummers I knew. This band still has a lot of electronic programming elements, and I wanted to get a drummer that could play pretty beats and things like that. He can play it without it all being drum machines and beats. It’s funny for him because this is a cakewalk for him compared to what he plays. He’ll probably get bored every once and a while, but he’s having fun doing it. Amy, the singer, I just happened to meet her. We haven’t known each other for a year yet. We were at a mutual fan’s birthday party. We spoke at a party and she had some songs posted on her Facebook and I checked them out. Justin and I were looking for singers, but we couldn’t find anyone that was right. I asked her to do it and she didn’t seem to interested and we were getting down to the wire before we headed into the studio and she gave it a shot. She’s really happy that she did now. It’s all coming together now.
Fans have wanted to see a project from you for a while now. Justin being in it has added a little steam to it as well. Is it interesting to work with Justin and Branden in different environments?
This is the first time Justin and I have worked on music together, and it’s the same with Branden. We had demos for how we wanted it to go, and it still took a lot more shape once we got in a room together. Instead of me just programming stuff on a laptop, it’s nice to be in a room with a real drummer. It’s a different formula for songwriting and it’s nice. Amy was also great because I didn’t know her at all. She doesn’t know what our comfort zones are, so she had a different take on things and it added a lot.
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Motion City Soundtrack performed at McNally Smith College of Music in November. Check out videos of “Better Open The Door,” “Everything Is Alright,” and “Last Night” below by clicking “Read More.”
