The Get Up Kids have shared details of a 25th anniversary reissue of their seminal second album, ‘Something to Write Home About’.
The reissue will be released digitally on August 23 and physically on September 20 via Polyvinyl Record Co.
The newly remastered LP will feature expanded music and artwork, including a 28-page full-colour booklet; with its second LP containing a mix of 12 rare or previously unreleased demos (including the original four-track acoustic recordings by singer-songwriter Matt Pryor).
The August 23 digital release coincides with the start of The Get Up Kids’ North American headlining tour that includes three sold-out nights at LA’s Troubadour, where they will play the album in its entirety.
To mark the news of the reissue, the band have today released the official music video for album opener ‘Holiday’ – have a watch below.
Discussing the nostalgic video, which was directed by Shawn Brackbill and features unearthed tour footage from the era of the original album, Pryor has said:
“The biggest takeaway from watching this video is how young we were.
“It’s like watching your parents’ home movies of you riding a big wheel in the backyard. Just babies. A lot of these are from a time when the record was finished but people hadn’t really heard it yet.
“We’d just spent a long, frustrating year trying to get it made and when it finally saw the light of day we just came out swinging. I remember a lot of these shows, The Fireside Bowl in Chicago particularly.
“That always felt like a home away from home for us back then. The kids onstage in these videos really have no idea how much this album will change their lives, that we’ll still be talking about it twenty five years later.”
And reflecting on the album and its anniversary more broadly, frontman Pryor has added
“When we set out to write what would become the album Something to Write Home About, I never imagined all the places it would take us. From touring around the world, being on MTV’s 120 Minutes, to opening for childhood heroes.
“When I listen back to these demos it takes me right back to our practice space in Kansas City. We were so young, but we were driven to make something great.
“When we walked into that LA studio, we were very prepared. This was the first time we actually made real demos for a record and I think it shows in the final product.”
See the ‘Something to Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)’ track-listing below.
LP 1
1. Holiday
2. Action & Action
3. Valentine
4. Red Letter Day
5. Out of Reach
6. Ten Minutes
7. The Company Dime
8. My Apology
9. I’m a Loner Dottie, a Rebel
10. Long Goodnight
11. Close to Home
12. I’ll Catch You
LP 2
1. One Year Later (Demo)
2. Close to Home (Demo)
3. Out of Reach (Demo)
4. Holiday (Demo)
5. Valentine (Demo)
6. My Apology (Demo)
7. Red Letter Day (Demo)
8. Ten Minutes (Demo)
9. Central Standard Time (Four Track Demo)
10. Long Goodnight (Four Track Demo)
11. The Company Dime (Four Track Demo)
12. I’ll Catch You (Four Track Demo)