Motion City Soundtrack jumps back in time to usher in their new era. The Minnesota pop-punk rockers shared their first taste of music in 10 years with the thrashing track “Stop Talking.” Not only could the song fit perfectly on 2007’s Even If It Kills Me, but the music video’s aesthetic is also plucked from the same era.
Written and directed by Sean Wang, the brain behind the new coming-of-age film Dìdi, the “Stop Talking” visual extends the universe of the movie, which is set in 2008, with a haphazardly-edited YouTube video straight from the film protagonist’s (Izaac Wang) camcorder. The music video starts with Movie Maker title clips and stars the Dìdi actors in character as they mess around with dolls that have printed pictures of MCS bandmates taped to their faces.
It’s all by design. “Stop Talking” and its new video coincides with the release of Dìdi, which is out in select theaters on August 9 and nationwide August 16.
Writer-director Wang was inadvertently the mastermind behind Motion City Soundtrack’s return. “Nostalgia in the era of internet rules,” lead singer Justin Pierre said in a statement before explaining how Motion City Soundtrack ended their hiatus at the perfect time. “A clip of Wang and Carlos López Estrada, producer of the film Dìdi, rocking out during our set at When We Were Young festival last year caused a domino effect.” After Estrada connected with the band and asked about using an old MCS track in Dìdi, Pierre offered one of the new songs they were cutting for use in the film.
This week, Motion City Soundtrack officially shared the news that their seventh album is in the works. “My hope for this record is that it makes some of you feel like I felt when Superchunk’s Majesty Shredding came,” Pierre wrote on Instagram. “If we can come even 1/10th as close as that, in terms of good vibes, I will consider it a win.”
