Motion City Soundtrack release first new song in a decade with “Stop Talking”
Beloved pop-punk/emo band Motion City Soundtrack have dropped their first new song in a decade today.
The song “Stop Talking,” which can be heard here, stems from the new film Dìdi (弟弟). Out in select theaters right now and releasing nationwide on August 16, the movie “tells a heartfelt story of growth, self-discovery, and resilience as it follows Chris Wang, an impressionable Taiwanese American boy growing up in Fremont, California.” Motion City Soundtrack’s last proper release was their 2015 studio album Panic Stations.
Motion City Soundtrack’s Justin Pierre said this about how they landed on the film’s soundtrack:
“Nostalgia in the era of internet rules. A clip of Sean Wang and Carlos López Estrada, producer of the film Dìdi (弟弟) rocking out during our set at When We Were Young festival last year caused a domino effect, resulting in us releasing our first new song in nearly ten years. We recorded at Steve Albini’s legendary Electrical Audio studio with San O’Keefe in the producer seat. He recorded one of our first efforts a thousand years ago (pre I Am The Movie) and it was incredible to get to work with him again.”
A special 7-inch vinyl of “Stop Talking” is available here. Pre-orders will ship on the week of October 1. Motion City Soundtrack will appear at When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas to perform Commit This To Memory in full. More information about the festival can be found here.