The Get Up Kids – Something to Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

The Get Up Kids – Something to Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:29:53 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polyvinyl Records

Records have the power to return us to places long since left. The Get Up Kids’ seminal sophomore album Something to Write Home About, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with the release of a deluxe, remastered edition, might send listeners back to cinder block dormitories, stuffy study halls, the driver’s seats of first cars, or their teenage bedrooms.For the four core members of The Get Up Kids, the album transports them to Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood, where they spent six weeks in the summer of 1999 recording what would be their genre-defining outing. “I can hear that studio that we recorded in,” says bassist Robert Pope. “A lot of it was the environment.”

Compared to their 1997 debut Four Minute Mile–recorded over a whirlwind weekend in Chicago on a shoestring budget–their follow-up was given the time and resources to be fully realized, thanks to a freshly signed agreement with Vagrant Records that concluded an arduous label search. “We spoke with nearly every major-label A&R person that was out in the world,” says Pope. “They had weird expectations for our band, and I think we aimed a little higher than the major labels did.”

The Get Up Kids’ goal at Mad Hatter was to surpass the first album’s songwriting and sonic qualities without losing the authenticity and energy Four Minute Mile encapsulated–and that the band displayed at every stop of their relentless tour schedule. “Our first record is what it is—its imperfections are one of the things that people like about it,” says frontman Matt Pryor. “But I personally wanted us to record something that sounded like a real band, that sounded professional and, you know, big.” Working for the first time with Chad Blinman, who co-produced the record with Alex Brahl, the band achieved the massive sound they sought.

Tracklist:

1-1. The Get Up Kids – Holiday (Remastered 2024) (03:29)
1-2. The Get Up Kids – Action & Action (Remastered 2024) (04:05)
1-3. The Get Up Kids – Valentine (Remastered 2024) (04:19)
1-4. The Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day (Remastered 2024) (02:56)
1-5. The Get Up Kids – Out of Reach (Remastered 2024) (03:46)
1-6. The Get Up Kids – Ten Minutes (Remastered 2024) (03:12)
1-7. The Get Up Kids – The Company Dime (Remastered 2024) (04:06)
1-8. The Get Up Kids – My Apology (Remastered 2024) (03:24)
1-9. The Get Up Kids – I’m a Loner Dottie, a Rebel (Remastered 2024) (03:08)
1-10. The Get Up Kids – Long Goodnight (Remastered 2024) (04:49)
1-11. The Get Up Kids – Close to Home (Remastered 2024) (03:50)
1-12. The Get Up Kids – I’ll Catch You (Remastered 2024) (04:20)
1-13. The Get Up Kids – One Year Later (Demo) (03:11)
1-14. The Get Up Kids – Close to Home (Demo) (03:53)
1-15. The Get Up Kids – Out of Reach (Demo) (03:43)
1-16. The Get Up Kids – Holiday (Demo) (03:21)
1-17. The Get Up Kids – Valentine (Demo) (06:18)
1-18. The Get Up Kids – My Apology (Demo) (03:41)
1-19. The Get Up Kids – Red Letter Day (Demo) (02:58)
1-20. The Get Up Kids – Ten Minutes (Demo) (03:14)
1-21. The Get Up Kids – Central Standard Time (Four Track Demo) (03:55)
1-22. The Get Up Kids – Long Goodnight (Four Track Demo) (03:51)
1-23. The Get Up Kids – The Company Dime (Four Track Demo) (03:40)
1-24. The Get Up Kids – I’ll Catch You (Four Track Demo) (02:32)

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