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artist:the get up kids
album:something to write home about
want to know something that is going to make me lose nearly all of my "indie cred?" last night was the very first time I've ever listened to this album. ever.
yes, it was released in September of 1999. yes, its January of 2011. i realize that its been out for a very long time. i just never got around to it.
I've seen Matt Pryor live on several occasions. i talked about one of them earlier in this very journal. he's toured with Kevin devine, with Dan from alkaline trio, I've seen him at bamboozle. I've seen the new Amsterdam's a few times. i have a couple new Amsterdam's Cd's. i even own the first terrible two's album. i EVEN have on a wire, which I've listened to a few times. I've just never, ever listened to this keystone indie kid album. i should probably be taken outback and strung up by my feet.
i bought this on vinyl in hot topic one day. i picked it up because i KNEW i needed to own it and listen, so i thought maybe if i had it on vinyl, id get around to it finally. a few years later, it looks like i did.
how many friends will i lose if i say now that i don't see what all the fuss is about? i mean, its another album that isn't bad, but i just wasn't overwhelmed with emotion like i expected id be, either. maybe i missed the boat because i didn't get into them when it was released. maybe I'm too old to understand the things that nineteen-year-old me would have embraced as her own. who knows. i do think that this wont get a whole lot of rotation. the vinyl is a really pretty color orange, though.
i don't own it but i have a bunch of random get up kids songs and this song is one of them. i remember the first time i heard them i was really into them, and now i can take em or leave em, so maybe it is an age thing? lol we're old... i still like the songs though, they just aren't my favorite ever.
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