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==Background==

[[File:Minneapolis on Mississippi River.jpg|thumb|left|The band's hometown of [[Minneapolis]] in winter, where half of the album was written.]]

Motion City Soundtrack formed in 1997 in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. The band signed to [[Epitaph Records]] in 2003 after recording ''[[I Am the Movie]]'', their debut, independently and selling copies of it out of the back of their tour van for a year.<ref name="theage"/> Motion City became part of a slew of Epitaph signings, including [[Matchbook Romance]], [[Scatter the Ashes]] and [[From First To Last]], amid concerns the Southern California label had strayed too far from its roots, and seemed "a little too [[emo]]."<ref name="cleve">{{cite news|title=Cain is Able : Motion City Soundtrack's Joshua Cain is all business|author=Chris Rager|date=December 20, 2004|work=[[Cleveland Free Times]]}}</ref> By the time the band began production on their sophomore record, ''I Am the Movie'' had sold nearly 62,000 copies.<ref name="cleve"/> The group had accumulated significant buzz, and were regarded as a "must-see" act on the [[Warped Tour 2004]].<ref name="cleve"/>