Motion City Soundtrack "I Am the Movie" (20th Anniversary) 2025-12-12 The Black Swan (2008)

The Black Swan (2008)

youthful energy that would earn the band the respect of The Descendents

Since Verve had just decided to include alternative music to their label

From perpetual favorite "I Believe I Can Fly" to the classic Country tune "Desperado

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Motion City Soundtrack "I Am the Movie" (20th Anniversary) 2025-12-12 The Black Swan (2008)Bursting at the seams with creativity, this debut disk is bristling with electric guitars and swirling indie synth sounds that flail and furl themselves between the melody lines. The lyrics are bright and clever, funny and tragic, with a wry wit and a keen knack for innuendo often offering the listener an original and skewed commentary on pop culture. Although the sound is by definition loud rock n' roll it's got an amazing sense of harmonic flow and