Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
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Artist: Get Up KidsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Music Label: Vagrant Records
Soundtracks:
- Holiday
- Action & Action
- Valentine
- Red Letter Day
- Out Of Reach
- Ten Minutes
- The Company Dime
- My Apology
- I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
- Long Goodnight
- Close To Home
- I'll Catch You
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Kansas City's Get Up Kids play melodic, pop-inflected emo similar to the Promise Ring and Braid. After nearly a decade of touring and a multitude of releases, the band broke up to pursue other projects. Singer Matt Pryor formed The New Amsterdams and recently released a solo project. Bassist Rob Pop is now a member of Spoon, and brothers Rob and Ryan played in Koufax. The Get Up Kids' contributions to the emo music scene are apparent with artists such as Fallout Boy and HelloGoodBye citing the band as a major influence.Emocore, an especially melodic and angst-driven form of punk that emerged from Washington, D.C., in the mid to late '80s, is making a major comeback. So much so that it wouldn't be surprising to see the producers of Sesame Street release Emo with Elmo, featuring Grover, Kermit, and especially Oscar the Grouch covering songs by Embrace, Rites of Spring, and Soulside. Which brings us to the Get Up Kids, whose second album, Something to Write Home About, is nearly as engaging as one of those old Sesame sketches featuring sock-puppet Martians and a ringing telephone. Sonically the band combines ragged Superchunk-style vocals with buzzing, hook-filled guitars and chiming, new-wave keyboards. Lyrically, however, the Get Up Kids are pretty down, lamenting damaged relationships with lines like, "I'm seeing much clearer now / You're just a face that I've gotten over" ("Red Letter Day") and "It's like you're falling in love while I'm just falling apart" ("10 Minutes"). But however angry or dejected they might be, the Get Up Kids find something worth celebrating. Whether it's the energy of last night's heated argument or the bittersweet relief of severing ties, Something to Write Home About is all about getting up and moving on. --Jon Wiederhorn
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