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| Sputnikmusic |
 At this point in time, “kids” is a bit of a misnomer when it comes to The Get Up Kids. For the last fifteen years we've been growing up along side them, and while the term maturation gets thrown around much too often when it comes to bands coming into their own, that is exactly what they have done. Unfortunately for the Kids, this has come at a price. Their 1999 debut full-length Something To Write Home About basically defined an entire generation of bands stuck in the coming of age, heart on your sleeve world of pop punk, and still to this day is one of the most emulated releases on stages across the Warped Tour universe. Not ones to retread old ground, every subsequent album put out by The Get Up Kids since Something To Write Home About has drifted farther and farther away from the sound that so many found so endearing. Up until their dissolution in 2005, The Get Up Kids tinkered with expanding their sound by getting in touch with their roots. Everything from folk, country and classic rock could be found in traces on On a Wire and The Guilt Show, and when the band reformed for the tenth anniversary of their seminal debut, it seemed that they would be continuing in this direction with the Simple Science EP.Well, we assumed wrong. The Get Up Kids' newest long player There Are Rules is still unmistakably a Get Up Kids album, you can thank the distinctive voice of Matt Pryor for that, but it is far far different than anything the band has ever released. This is understandable given that they are all now in their 30's and trying to recapture the youthful nature of their earlier albums would be as genuine as faux fur. Where past Kids albums were driven by Matt Pryor's ridiculously catchy choruses and the constant push of overdriven power chords, There Are Rules takes influence from long stay college-rock acts like Spoon and The Flaming Lips, working in heavy rumbling bass lines and spaced out synthesizer leads. It's a bit jarring at first, especially with tracks like “Shatter Your Lungs” that take these new ideas a little bit too far into left field and just end up sounding confusing for the sake of confusing, but it all ends up working out in the end....full text |
| Femalefirst |
| Seen as the godfathers of emo, The Get Up Kids have constantly fought to disassociate themselves from the scene they helped inspire. This is their first record since reuniting, and it continues their progression away from their emo tag. On the surface, this is dark, indie-electro, toe-tapping rock, but on further listens it’s evident that it’s so, so much more. The performances are dark at times, particularly the electronic influences in the instrumentation. Sometimes, this can be off-putting, and it’s certainly a far cry from the emo/punk I was expecting. It’s not exactly the sort of gritty rock sound we heard on older tracks like ‘Action and Action’. In fact, comparing it to the rest of their back catalogue, it’s like a totally different band. This album will probably split The Get Up Kids’ fan-base in two....full text |
| Thealbumproject |
| If you’re going to make a come back after 7 years, you might as well make it count. The Get Up Kids don’t hold back any punches as they update and improvise on their distinct sound, ready as ever for the next go round, both with a new generation and an older one. After listening to the album from start to finish, I feel a little jittery, like you would after 4 cups of coffee. A bit sporadic in parts, the keyboard and drums really take center stage on this release that feels very digital. Where as past albums from the band were usually warm and smooth, this one feels colder. “Automatic” is one of the tracks closer to the past, but it too is laced with background sounds and the constant static which is found throughout the record. “Keith Case”, which was featured on a recent EP [Simple Science] from the band, really foreshadowed what to expect on this release and, like one that EP, ranks among the lingering standouts with a strong melodic chorus and familiar Matt Pryor vocals. Also in that list is “Automatic” and “Shatter Your Lungs” which happens to be the closest to a dance song the band has yet to come....full text |
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