The Get Up Kids Detail 'Something to Write Home About' 25th Anniversary Reissue

Watch a new music video and hear a demo version of album opener "Holiday"

BY Allie GregoryPublished Jul 10, 2024

With a 25th anniversary tour already in the works, the Get Up Kids have announced a reissue of their seminal 1999 album Something to Write Home About, arriving digitally on August 23 and physically on September 20 via Polyvinyl.

The double LP includes 12 additional demo tracks, as well as the original tracklist. The deluxe reissue further expands upon the album's original artwork, and features a 28-page booklet. 

The group have also shared a music video for album opener "Holiday," featuring unearthed tour footage from the era. 

"The biggest takeaway from watching this video is how young we were," songwriter Matt Pryor said of the Shawn Brackbill-directed visuals. "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 25 years later."

Check out the "Holiday" video and the demo version of the track below, where you can also find the expanded tracklist for Something to Write Home About



Something to Write Home About (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):

LP1:

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  

LP2:

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)

 

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