# Cause Co-Motion!

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**CaUSE Co-MOTION!** was an [indie](/source/Independent_music)/[punk](/source/Punk_rock)/[post-punk](/source/Post-punk) band from [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn,_New_York) that were active from 2005 to 2010. The band released one album, *It's Time!,* in 2008.

## History

New York City quartet CaUSE Co-MOTION! formed in the mid-2000s and featured vocalist/guitarist Arno, lead guitarist Alex, drummer Jock and bass player Liam. The band expressed a desire to only be referred to by their first names in interviews with the press.[1] CaUSE Co-MOTION would specifically cite British-based bands [Television Personalities](/source/Television_Personalities), [Swell Maps](/source/Swell_Maps) and [The Raincoats](/source/The_Raincoats) as influences, as well as [1960's pop](/source/1960s_pop).[2] The band began by recording a string of 7-inch singles for small labels such as Can't Cope!, Cape Shok, and [What's Your Rupture?](/source/What's_Your_Rupture%3F). The group would also feature on several on compilations, most notably the What's Your Rupture? label sampler alongside [indie pop](/source/Indie_pop) bands [Comet Gain](/source/Comet_Gain) and [Love Is All](/source/Love_Is_All_(band)). In September 2008, the group released the I Lie Awake EP with [Slumberland Records](/source/Slumberland_Records). A compilation album entitled *It's Time!* was released the following month, featuring singles that were previously only found on vinyl.[3] All fourteen songs on the album were produced by Tim Barnes, known for his production work with bands [The Rogers Sisters](/source/The_Rogers_Sisters) and [Sonic Youth](/source/Sonic_Youth).[4]

The band opened for Scottish rock band [Franz Ferdinand](/source/Franz_Ferdinand_(band)) at the [Music Hall of Williamsburg](/source/Music_Hall_of_Williamsburg) in Brooklyn, NY in October 2008. They later toured with fellow New York City based band [Crystal Stilts](/source/Crystal_Stilts) in October and November 2008, with the nine date tour beginning in Brooklyn and ending in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), WA.[5][6] The band's final release would be their 2009 EP *Because Because Because*, consisting of six songs with a total runtime of ten minutes.[7]

## Discography

### EPs

Date Title Format B-Sides Label 2006 Only Fades Away 7-inch Split with Jowe Head and No Men 2007 Baby Don't Do It 7-inch EP 'This Just Won't Last', 'This Tie Next Year' and 'Take a Look' 2007 Which Way Is Up 7-inch EP Falling Again 2008 Who's Gonna Care 7-inch EP 'Don't You Know?', 'Say What You Feel' and 'When Will It Finally End?' 2008 I Lie Awake 7-inch EP 'You Don't Say' and 'Cry For Attention' Slumberland 2009 Because Because Because 12-inch EP 'Leave It All', 'You Lose', etc. Slumberland

### Albums

Year Album information Chart positions US UK 2008 It's Time! - Singles & EP's, 2005-08 1st Compilation album Released: October 2008 Label: Slumberland

## References

1. ["cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!"](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cause_co-motions_arno_liam). *cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. ["cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!"](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cause_co-motions_arno_liam). *cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. ["caUSE co-MOTION! │ Exclaim!"](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cause_co-motion-its_time). *caUSE co-MOTION! │ Exclaim!*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. ["cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!"](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cause_co-motions_arno_liam). *cause co-MOTION!'s Arno and Liam │ Exclaim!*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. Staff, BrooklynVegan. ["Franz Ferdinand @ MHOW, Brooklyn, NYC - pics & setlist"](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/franz-ferdinand-19/). *BrooklynVegan*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. ["Crystal Stilts, caUSE co-MOTION Playing Saturday in Brooklyn, Touring Together Later, Putting Out Records, etc etc etc"](https://soundbites.typepad.com/soundbites/2008/10/crystal-stilts-cause-co-motion-playing-saturday-in-brooklyn-touring-together-later-putting-out-records-etc-etc-etc.html). *Sound Bites*. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

1. ["Cause Co-Motion!:Because Because Because » PopMatters"](https://www.popmatters.com/115445-cause-co-motion-because-because-because-2496117760.html). *www.popmatters.com*. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2025-06-04.

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