Motion City Soundtrack : My Dinosaur Life :: Review

Poppy punk took a nosedive when Weezer started to suck about the time that “The Green Album” arrived.  Fans of the genre can rejoice now that Motion City Soundtrack has picked up the reins for the genre under the guiding hand of producer Mark Hoppus.  Smart lyrics, driving melodies and catchy hooks fill Motion City Soundtrack’s fourth album “My Dinosaur Life” and first for Columbia.

“My Dinosaur Life” captures a year in the life of singer Justin Pierre that he had to endure to bring you such power pop bliss.  Whereas Pierre still sings about relationships both failed and current, his sense of humor shines through in the lyrics of “Worker Bee,” and “A Lifeless Ordinary.”  Pierre even rails against his critics on the scorching, “@!#?@!” which sounds more full of life than the majority of what’s played on FM radio.  Unlike Weezer, Motion City Soundtrack proves that while growing up is never fun, the tunes that you carry with you should be.

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