12" EP, Concrete Gray Vinyl
Polyvinyl Record Company (2018) US
On the strength of five records (including seminal debut Four Minute Mile and bona fide classic Something to Write Home About), The Get Up Kids have toured the world over and sold more than a million albums. The Midwestern five-piece defined a genre and inspired a generation of musicians in their wake.
The Get Up Kids have never been afraid to try something new, but the songs on Kicker mark a full-circle breakthrough for the band.
Upbeat opener “Maybe” reintroduces The Get Up Kids in spectacular fashion with fuzzed-out guitars, chiming keyboards, and Pryor's distinctive cadence singing about the relational dynamics he's learned over time.
“I'm Sorry,” one of guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic’s contributions to Kicker, sees him looking back on the past two years, trying to be a better person and finding resolve in the fact that “out of all the lessons I've learned, giving up is to get burned.”
Kicker retains that carefree idealism -- capturing the fresh urgency of their most revered releases -- while proving that their journey is still unfolding. The Get Up Kids may have grown up but they haven’t become jaded.