the get up kids’ jim suptic takes the reins for their a.v. club undercover rendition of blur’s “girls and boys.” green screens and track jackets they might not have, but man are the kids packing some enthusiasm. watch the session below.
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the get up kids – girls and boys [blur cover]
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don’t you just love these daytrotter things? kansas’s emo pioneers the get up kids take to the studios to record rough and tumble versions of songs from their latest album there are rules. download the set below.
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in the new video for the get up kids’ synth/james heavy “shatter your lungs” from last year’s there are rules, a fantastic mr fox thieves two stereotypically mustachio-ed italian chefs of their pastries. the last italian i saw that looked like that was pasqually.
the video’s on autoplay so hit the link to check it out.
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the get up kids – shatter your lungs
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the get up kids’ have released the new video for the jim suptic lead “automatic” from their first post-breakup album there are rules featuring a child asleep in the passenger seat of a mercedes getting ‘the works’ from a psychedelic car wash. don’t worry, he wakes up just in time to have a minor freak-out, man.
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what to do after a seven year split and you’ve aged as ungracefully as your band name? the get up kids are back with there are rules (out january 25th) and the ace up these guys’ sleeves is how much they’ve matured without ever really growing up.
hit the jump for the full album review.
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there are rules (out january 25) is shaping up to be a mixed bag of tricks, granted these old dogs still have some new ones in ‘em. “shatter your lungs” is heavy on the james dewees and i mean that as “he’s the whole freakin’ song.”
everything from the drums, bass, samples, synth squelches… everything save for for matt pryor’s familiar voice is all james. james in full effect, as it were. and that’s pretty damn awesome. check out the song at the link below.
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the get up kids – shatter your lungs
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yup. that up there is the album cover for the get up kids’ there are rules. nice nails, right? below you can download a new song from said album, the aggressively happy “pararelevent”. these guys really are taking their new music in different directions. me rikey.
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the get up kids – pararelevent
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the fine folk over at stereogum, sent essayist t. cole rachel into the field to conduct a progress report with long-time emo vets, the get up kids, who are releasing their first album in 7 years, these are rules, their first since reuniting this past year. the kids share studio stories, reason for their reformation, and a brand new song, the garage-rock “regent’s court.”
check that out here.
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lawrence, kansas’ newly reunited kings of emo, the get up kids, dropped by the wonderful daytrotter studios to track a new song (!), a vitreous humor cover, and some of their classic material from their discography. most exciting is the talk of the 9 songs that the band recorded for their new release, their one song “keith case” i’ve already heard live in san antonio.
make sure to stay posted for a show review by me after the get up kids swing by the house of blues here in houston next month.
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