The Get Up Kids returned from their 2005 break up in 2008, touring the globe, but with no new album under their collective belt. Well, that's about to change next year with the release of the band's fifth full-length entitled There Are Rules (album art above). As a teenager, I assumed, and only really knew, The Get Up Kids as just another pop punk band -- a foolish write-off on my part for a variety of reasons. The band once again proves me a fool with new song "Pararelevant."
"Pararelevant" shows a determined, welcomed evolution in sound. They work at a frantic pace throughout on an ebullient, heavily-distorted bass riff and rapid fire guitar lines. With synthesizer rising and falling throughout, the song becomes rather spacey as it races along. But what ends up being the most gripping element here is the tension throughout; it always seems as though it's about to burst at the seems, but they exhibit just the right amounts of control and chaos.
The Get Up Kids will release "Automatic," a limited edition 7" single, on January 11, 2011 followed by There Are Rules on January 25th via their own Quality Hill Records.
THE GET UP KIDS 2011 TOUR DATES
January 21 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live % ^
January 22 - Austin, TX @ Emo's % ^
January 23 - Dallas, TX @ The Loft % ^
January 25 - Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse % ^
January 26 - San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues % ^
January 27 - West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour % ^
January 28 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House % ^
January 29 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's % ^
January 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill % ^
February 01 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater % ^
February 02 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's % ^
February 03- Seattle, WA @ The Knitting Factory % ^
February 04 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound % ^
February 05 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater % ^
February 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Social # *
February 24 - Orlando, FL @ The Social # *
February 25 - St.Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre # *
February 26 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club # *
February 27 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle # *
March 01 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat # *
March 02 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall # *
March 03 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg # *
March 04 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts # *
March 05 - Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts # *
March 06 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club # *
March 08 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre # *
March 09 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop # *
March 10 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall # *
March 11 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge # *
March 12 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall # *
March 13 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck # *
# with Miniature Tigers and Brian Bonz
* Tickets on sale via exclusive pre-sale Friday December 10th via http://thegetupkids.ducatking.com
^ With Steel Train and River City Extension
% Tickets on sale now via Ducat King - http://thegetupkids.ducatking.com
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1 comment:
Im glad these guys are releasing a new CD.
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