Song: "Deathwish"
Artist: No Motiv
Album: "Winterlong" EP
Year: 2011
Place Of Origin: Oxnard, CA
Years Active: 1995 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
Couldn't find the lyrics to "Deathwish" online and couldn't totally make out all the lyrics after a few listens. The dictionary definition of "deathwish" is "the consious or unconcious desire for the death of oneself or of another". So, perhaps that's what the band was shooting for with this song. Either way, the song has a killer vibe. Almost Queens Of The Stone Age like.
NO MOTIV DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
1996 - Cynical (Edge Records)
1998 - Scarred (Edge Records)
1998 - And The Sadness Prevails (Vagrant Records)
2001 - Diagram For Healing (Vagrant Records)
2004 - Daylight Breaking (Vagrant Records)
CURRENT STATUS OF NO MOTIV:
No Motiv formed as a band back in 1995, part of the tight knit punk rock scene of Oxnard, California which also included bands like Ten Foot Pole and Ill Repute. The band released two albums through Edge Records, 1996's "Cynical" and 1998's "Scarred", which basically featured unreleased demos. No Motiv signed with Vagrant Records in 1998 and released "And The Sadness Prevails". This album started to generate some buzz for the band. 2001's "Diagram For Healing" was another solid album for No Motiv but it was 2004's "Daylight Breaking" that garnered the band it's most success. This album reached #36 on Billboard's Top Independent albums chart and featured the killer song, "Into The Darkness". In my mind, one of the best songs to come out at that time. Just an awesome tune!! It would be seven years before we would hear from No Motiv again. Finally, in 2011, the band released the six song "Winterlong" EP. Unfortunately, this would be the last No Motiv release to come out. The band hasn't officially broken up and their Facebook page is still very active, but they have only gotten together to play a few shows together in the last six or seven years. All the members have other projects that they work on but no word if they will get back together to work on new No Motiv material. No Motiv's style is often considered early emo, or emo before it went corporate and sucked!! They incorporate catchy hooks and melodies while maintaining their punk edge. Not quite skate punk, but in a comfortable area in between skate punk and full on pop punk. I'd say their style is similar to bands like 1208, Autopilot Off, Letter Kills, The Movielife and Midtown. No Motiv never quite made it over the hump of success as a band, but they are pretty solid. If you haven't heard their last three full lengths, "And The Sadness Prevails", "Diagram For Healing" and "Daylight Breaking", as well as their latest EP "Winterlong", then you're missing out on some really good music. No Motiv is a definite underrated band in my eyes.
TEN NO MOTIV SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Into The Darkness
2. Give Me Strength
3. Stay
4. Throw In The Towel
5. Independence Day
6. Sunday At 6:00PM
7. The Waiting Hurt
8. Beginning From The End
9. Celebrate
10. Brand New Day
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