Today San Diego alternative grunge band, MojoPin, are releasing their latest EP called Out The Door, and I was able to catch up with this trio for an exclusive track-by-track feature. The band has steadily been gaining traction in the rock scene, and their viral cover of Pearl Jam’s “Black” has been viewed over 500k times. If you’re enjoying the feature, please consider streaming the EP here.
1. Everything I Love “Everything I Love” is the perfect opener because it immediately tells you who MojoPin is. A big, guitar-driven song with a swaying rhythm that pulls you in before it knocks you down. Lyrically it’s a classic hindsight-is-20/20 gut punch. This song is the kind of thing you feel in your chest. AND Gunnar’s drum solo into Dave’s guitar solo? That’s the moment. That’s our live show in four bars. We wanted a song that made you lean in and then kept you for the rest of the EP.
2. Cured “Cured” was born from a riff and the whole band locked in immediately, you can hear that. We built it to drive heavy and relentless and it delivers. Lyrically it digs into something uncomfortable: that tug-of-war between honest self-reflection and the easier instinct to blame someone else. The desperation in this one isn’t performed, it’s real.
3. Out The Door “Out The Door” is an anthem for anyone who has chosen liberation over obligation. It came from a deeply personal place, but we wrote it to feel universal — because that feeling belongs to everyone. The chorus opens up like a door you’ve been afraid to walk through. Bad relationships, broken systems, figures of authority. Whatever has had a hold over you, this song lights the way out. It felt like the natural title for the EP. It captures the spirit of MojoPin perfectly.
4. Walking in the Rain “Walking in the Rain” is messy, freeing, and completely honest. We first wrote it almost three years ago and when we finally brought it into the studio, the energy of that room made our producer stop and say it had to be on the record. It thrives on raw punk energy, cutting straight through with pure, unfiltered emotion. No polish, no pretense, just the feeling.
5. Burn For You “Burn For You” took a lot of effort because it had to drive the real emotion of its origin. Dave had been sitting with this song, sitting with this feeling for a long time. It’s about finally accepting that something is over. Closing a chapter you kept trying to rewrite. We stripped the production back deliberately because this performance deserved to breathe. Raw, acoustic, real. It hits differently in the quiet.
6. Glass “Glass’”started as a drop-C guitar demo and turned into a growth moment for this band. Our producer heard the riff and immediately knew. We built the whole thing in the studio and what came out surprised even us. You can hear MojoPin maturing in real time. Lyrically it’s about everything people don’t see behind closed doors: the hunger, the sacrifice, the obsessive work that goes into something you love. This one closes the EP and opens the door to everything that comes next.