Today, Midwest pop-punk veterans Motion City Soundtrack make a triumphant return with the release of its new album, The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World.  Their first full-length since 2015’s Panic Stations, the record is a document of the last ten years that shows the band growing as people alongside their music. 

MCS has also teamed up with Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump for a partially animated music video for “Particle Physics” directed by David Prindle and shot by Jesse Cain.  The upbeat romp launches with a zippy synthesizer intro and witty, pop culture-infused quips that reference everything from the indie band That Dog to celebrated neurologist Oliver Sacks.

MCS guitarist Joshua Cain explains how the song and collab came to be: “We met Patrick in the early days of Fall Out Boy and had more recently talked about having him contribute to this album. He told us he had an idea running through his head about a song Motion City Soundtrack would have written but haven’t written yet. It was this little riff and chorus to ‘Particle Physics’ and even though it was just part of the song, the vibe was completely there.”

Motion City Soundtrack On Tour

Sept. 19 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry

Oct. 23 – Gainesville, FL – The Fest *
Nov. 19 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues #
Nov. 21 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin #
Nov. 22 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues #
Nov. 23 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom #
Nov. 25 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #
Nov. 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre #
Nov. 28 – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater #
Nov. 29 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium #
Nov. 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union Event Center #
Dec. 2 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo #
Dec. 3 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater #
Dec. 5 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield #
Dec. 6 – San Diego, CA – SOMA #
Dec. 7 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern #
Dec. 9 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theatre #
*Festival Play
#w/ Say Anything