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URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/the-get-up-kids-25-years-of
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SUMMARY:The Get Up Kids - 25 Years of Something To Write Home About
DESCRIPTION:In the two and a half decades since the release of their landma
 rk second album Something to Write Home About\, the four core members of T
 he Get Up Kids — Matt Pryor\, Jim Suptic\, Rob Pope\, and Ryan Pope — 
 have explored side projects\, helmed solo ventures\, and held stints in hi
 gh-profile bands. They’ve also started businesses\, found spouses\, and 
 raised kids. Still\, run into them on the streets of Lawrence\, Kansas\, t
 hese days\, and you’ll find that — perhaps beneath a beard — each ha
 s retained the high-spirited\, unwavering authenticity that fans stood fee
 t from at basement shows before the band’s sophomore breakthrough.\n\nSo
 mething to Write Home About has landed in a similar place: recognizable as
  the same electrifying\, scrappy album it was upon release\, but also tran
 sformed by time into one of the most seminal records of the band’s scene
 . And to mark 25 years since its arrival\, The Get Up Kids will perform th
 e album in full throughout a lengthy North American headline tour.\n\nRele
 ased in September of 1999\, Something to Write Home About has been establi
 shed as an important late-millennium rock-and-roll document\; a convergenc
 e of power pop\, alternative rock\, and punk\, it provided the parameters 
 for emo’s Midwest-centered second wave. Youthful yet assured\, the album
  expands and refines the sound of the band’s 1997 debut Four Minute Mile
 . Amplified and acoustic guitars by Pryor and Suptic are coupled with keys
  and synths provided by former member James Dewees. Throughout\, strings a
 nd celeste mesh with pop-indebted harmonies as the Pope Brothers’ rhythm
  section propels each song. The lyrics\, carried primarily by Pryor’s pu
 gnacious vocals\, use relationships as a springboard to explore betrayal\,
  conviction\, and ambition. His plainspoken poetry is in turn direct and o
 blique\, all kindling for fresh fires in addition to those already burning
  for decades of faithful listeners.\n\nToday\, Something to Write Home Abo
 ut still sounds like the lodestar it was for its fleet of followers\, but 
 it also retains something singular: an affecting\, unaffected quality rich
 er than its genre associations\, bigger than its hooks\, and deeper than m
 ere twentysomething turmoil. And through emo’s reappraisals and revivals
 \, the band–which now includes keyboard player Dustin Kinsey–has carri
 ed on\, releasing albums\, remaining friends\, and playing all over the wo
 rld.\n\nThe upcoming Something to Write Home About anniversary tour will b
 e a chance for fans to rediscover the album or to revel in a classic they
 ’ve never forgotten\, and experience it live with the brash\, big-hearte
 d band that loves it as much as them. “Anybody can start a band when you
 're 20 and go on tour and have a couple of years of fun with that. But wha
 t it became\, at least to us\, is the reason that we can still do this now
 \,” says Pryor. “We are doing this as a celebration\, and we're going 
 to have a party every night on stage.”
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CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts
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