For their major label debut on Columbia, Motion City Soundtrack had to overcome the pressure of not only becoming a bigger band, but a bigger band on a big label. Rather than panic and retreat from the pressure the band seemed to embrace it and headed into the studio to record the follow up to Even If It Kills Me. Emerging with My Dinosaur Lifethe band left much of their emo/pop punk tendencies behind in favor of taking their power pop influences and ramping them up a bit. The results are impressive as My Dinosaur Lifeis like a full-on Weezer record if Rivers Cuomo wasn't ever in the band.
Still incredibly melodic and still able to write stupidly catchy songs on demand, MCS haven't really changed so much as matured into what they've always hinted at being. My Dinosaur Life is a very good album that shows what can happen to a band given the right amount of time and support. Harmonies abound, crunchy riffs jump up and down, and Motion City Soundtrack have songs that are stickier than fly paper. They've written their big rock album and it's packed to the gills with songs that almost makes Weezer's Green Album look like a nice try and I think that's what makes it so entertaining.
While Motion City Soundtrack obviously are already rather popular, My Dinosaur Life has the potential to make them even larger thanks to how convincing these songs are. Fun, emotional, and verging on being perfect pop, My Dinosaur Life is the culmination of a lot of hard work, pressure, and maturity. This is a band that's come a long way from their debut just a couple of years ago and you can hear it in every one of their songs. Motion City Soundtrack haven't forgotten where they came from, but they haven't forgotten where they want to be either and it's been a fun trip to see this band along the way. My Dinosaur Lifeis by far the coolest MCS album of the bunch
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