The Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
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Artist: The Get Up KidsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Music Label: Vagrant Records
Soundtracks:
- Holiday
- Action and Action
- Valentine
- Red Letter Day
- Out of Reach
- Ten Minutes
- Company Dime
- My Apology
- I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel...
- Long Goodnight
- Close to Home
- I'll Catch You
Music reviews of Something to Write Home About
Music Review: Guilty Pleasures
Rating: 4 Stars
The Get Up Kids were not a groundbreaking act. In most regards, they weren't even interesting. Most of their lyrics are ridiculously cliched, all of their music very clearly derivative of their pop-punk meets emo roots. Following in the footsteps of two very successful formulas, it seems like all they really needed for mainstream success were attractive frontmen, which they had in spades.
The real secret behind The Get Up Kids' lasting ability is that they wrote nearly perfect pop songs full of easily remembered and repeatable one-liners that all have universal appeal. What seems to be simply a cliched whiney pop song about a girl happens to be exactly that, but it's executed flawlessly. If you've ever listened to Something to Write Home About you've heard them at the apex of their craft. You've tapped your foot, you've bobbed your head, and you've driven too fast with the windows down screaming the lyrics alone in the middle of the summer. No matter where you were in life, no matter where you are now, Something to Write Home about will always stick in your head, in a good way.
Even if you do feel guilty about it.
Description of Something to Write Home About
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 WiederhornGeneral CDs
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