Panic Stations is the sixth and final studio album by American rock band Motion City Soundtrack. Produced by John Agnello, the album was released on September 18, 2015 by Epitaph Records. Following an extended touring cycle in which the group performed several past albums in full, Motion City Soundtrack lost one of its longest-serving members: drummer Tony Thaxton, who resigned from the group in 2013. The band continued to tour with new drummer Claudio Rivera over the ensuing year while writing new material for a sixth album.

Recorded at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, the album was tracked live, in a departure from the group's previous albums. The group lived together at the studio and completed its recording process in 14 days, the band's shortest time spent on an album. Upon its release, Panic Stations attracted positive reviews from music critics, but it debuted low on the charts in the U.S. and Australia.

Following the recording of Go (2012), the band set out on the "4 Albums. 2 Nights. 7 Cities" tour, which found the band performing the group's past discography over two nights. During that time period, the group searched for the label to release Go, which was being mixed at the time. The band took meetings with various label heads, but eventually returned to Epitaph Records at the behest of label founder Brett Gurewitz.Go received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, and it charted much lower than the group's prior releases at number 45 on the Billboard 200. Drummer Tony Thaxton departed the group in March 2013 following battles with tour-related depression. The band enlisted longtime friend Claudio Rivera of Saves the Day as the group's new drummer, and released a one-off single with him, "Inside Out", in celebration.

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