Back to the Beat was the first significant EP

Extended play

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 release by Minneapolis based pop punk

Pop punk

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 band Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...

. The EP was recorded in Sound In Motion Recordings and released by Modern Radio Records and featured tracks that were later re-released. "Throw Down", "Back to the Beat", and "Capital H" were all re-released on a split EP done with Schatzi, "Capital H" was also re-released on Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...

's debut album I Am the Movie

I Am the Movie

I Am the Movie is the first full-length album of American power pop band Motion City Soundtrack. It was released independently in 2002, and was remastered and re-released with four new tracks by Epitaph Records in June 2003.-Unsigned release:...

. At the time of recording, the band members were different from the current day Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...

 lineup which formed in 2002. The personnel for the album featured Joshua Cain

Joshua Cain

Joshua Allen Cain is a guitarist and record producer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the co-founder and lead guitarist of American pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack...

 on guitar

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 and vocals, Austin Lindstrom on bass

Bass guitar

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, Joel Habedank on drums

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 and Justin Pierre

Justin Pierre

Justin Courtney Pierre is a singer, songwriter and guitarist originally from Mahtomedi, Minnesota, United States. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack, and is known for his interests and pursuits in film making and production of music.-Early...

 on lead vocals, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 and keyboard

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Track listing

1. "Capital H" – 2:44
2. "Throw Down" – 3:10
3. "The Here Away" – 2:21
4. "Opening Night" – 2:02
5. "Back to the Beat" – 1:39