The Get Up Kids recently shared a new music video for “Holiday” with archival tour footage and a demo of the song from the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of their classic 1999 album Something To Write Home About, and now they’ve done the same for one of the album’s other most-loved songs, “Ten Minutes.” The video was directed by the band’s longtime friend Josh Berwanger of The Anniversary, and here’s what co-guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic (who wrote and sings “Ten Minutes”) had to say:
When I wrote the opening guitar riff for “Ten Minutes,” my inspiration was the song “Do the Vampire” by Superdrag. It’s pretty obvious once you know. Their album, Head Trip in Every Key, was on heavy rotation when we were writing Something to Write Home About.
When I listen back to this song and watch the new video for it, my first impression is just how young we were. Some of us were literally teenagers. My voice almost sounds like a totally different person than who I am today. With that said, maybe that is why the album connected with so many people. We were singing about the things everyone struggles with at that age. At its core, Something to Write Home About is a coming of age record.
I think Josh Berwanger did a fantastic job editing the video. He and his band The Anniversary were there for a lot of this, and witnessed some of these moments first hand.
Check out the new video and the demo below. The Get Up Kids are also gearing up to perform the album in full on a tour with the Smoking Popes, including shows at Brooklyn’s Warsaw on September 28 and Asbury Park’s Stone Pony on October 1. The tour leads up to their appearance at Las Vegas’ new emo-centric festival Best Friends Forever. All dates are listed below.
Jim Suptic and fellow co-vocalist/guitarist Matt Pryor recently reminisced about the album on the BrooklynVegan podcast, and you can stream that wherever you listen to podcasts and also find the episode embedded below. We’ve got an exclusive “violet & silver mix” vinyl variant of the 25th anniversary edition of STWHA up for pre-order in the BV shop.
The Get Up Kids — 2024 Tour Dates
08/09 – Mexico City, Mexico – Foro La Paz
08/10 – Monterrey, Mexico – Foro Tims
08/23 – Dallas, TX – Studio at The Factory #
08/24 – Austin, TX – Mohawk #
08/25 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger #
08/27 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile #
08/29 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park #
08/30 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour #
08/31 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour #
09/01 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour #
09/03 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall #
09/04 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall #
09/06 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Spokane #
09/07 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall #
09/08 – Seattle, WA – Showbox #
09/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot #
09/11 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre #
09/13 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar #
09/14 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck #
09/15 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck #
09/24 – Columbus, OH – The Athenaeum Theatre #
09/25 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live #
09/27 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
09/28 – New York, NY – Warsaw #
09/29 – New York, NY – Warsaw #
10/01 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony #
10/03 – Boston, MA – Big Night Live #
10/04 – Buffalo, NY – Electric City #
10/05 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall #
10/06 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall #
10/08 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave #
10/09 – Minneapolis, MN – Uptown Theater #
10/10 – Chicago, IL – Metro #
10/11 – Chicago, IL – Metro #
10/13 – Las Vegas, NV – Best Friends Forever Festival
# w/ Smoking Popes