Motive for Movement
Motive for Movement | |
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| Origin | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
| Genres | Indie rock Post-punk New Prog Indie-pop Alternative Rock |
| Years active | 2005–2011 |
| Website | motiveformovement.com |
Motive for Movement was a Tulsa, Oklahoma indie rock band that formed in 2005. The band consisted of the 4 members now known as Foreign Home. The band has gone through many style shifts since 2005 but consistently combines angular guitar and syncopated drums for a style often described as ambient shoegazing indie rock with Britpop melodic sensibilities.
Played With
- Copeland (band) (Tooth & Nail Records)
- Sparta (band) (Hollywood Records)
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Edison Glass (Credential Recordings)
- Dear and the Headlights (Equal Vision)
- Project 86 (Tooth & Nail Records)
- Showbread (Tooth & Nail Records)
- Inhale Exhale (Solid State Records)
- Vedera (Epic Records)
- The Ataris
- Capital Lights (Tooth & Nail Records)
- Umbrellas (band) (The Militia Group)
- Blinded Black (SideCho Records)
- Deas Vail (Mono Vs Stereo)
- Between the Trees (The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group)
- Unwed Sailor (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- Minutes Too Far (Doghouse Records)
- Hundred Year Storm (Floodgate)
- Other Lives (band) (TBD Records)
- Treaty of Paris (band)
- Eleventyseven (Gotee Records)
- The Valley Arena
- Meese (Atlantic Records)
- Le Meu Le Purr (TVT Records)
- Desole (Abacus Records)
- The Hanks
- The Forecast (Eyeball Records)
- PM Today (Rise Records)
Festivals
Diversafest 2008 with:
- Paramore (Fueled by Ramen)
- Phantom Planet (Fueled by Ramen)
- The Roots (MCA Records)
- Zappa Plays Zappa
- Ghostland Observatory
- Helmet
- Clutch
- The All-American Rejects (Interscope Records)
- The Disco Biscuits
- The Apples In Stereo (Simian)
- moe.
- Admiral Twin
Diversafest 2009 with:
- The Black Crows
- Cake (band)
- Rooney (band)
- The Cool Kids
- Ozomatli
- Metro Station (Columbia)
- Blue October (Universal Records)
- Other Lives (band) (TBD Records)
- Ra Ra Riot
- Delta Spirit
- Citizen Cope
- The Uglysuit
- Gogol Bordello
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