In the same year that we got a new Dashboard Confessional album, The Get Up Kid have just announced a new EP and tour. Their Moog-accented single “Maybe,” off the upcoming Kicker (on Polyvinyl), is their first new song in 7 years. It represents a return to earnest, yearning form for Matt Pryor and the boys—er, men—who have been touring since the release of 2011's There Are Rules.
The new EP, which is due out June 8, is tinged with nostalgia, of course—guitarist Jim Suptic says they’ve been looking back “in rose-colored glasses” at their days as struggling band. But Kicker’s four tracks are very much told from the perspective of their family-raising, fortysomething selves. You can preorder the EP here ahead of the band’s full-length tour, which kicks off June 14 in Dallas.
The Get Up Kids 2018 Tour
6/14—Dallas, TX—Trees #
6/15—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) #
6/16 – Austin, TX—Mohawk #
6/18 – Phoenix, AZ—Crescent Ballroom #
6/19 – San Diego, CA—The Casbah #
6/21 – Santa Ana, CA—The Observatory #
6/22 – Las Vegas, NV—Backstage Bar & Billiards #
6/23 – Los Angeles, CA—Troubadour #
6/24 – San Francisco, CA—Slim’s #
6/26 – Seattle, WA—Neumos #
6/27 – Portland, OR—Doug Fir Lounge #
6/29 – Salt Lake City, UT—Metro Music Hall #
6/30 – Denver, CO—The Oriental Theater #
7/11 – Boston, MA—Paradise Rock Club $%
7/12 – Patchogue, NY—Great South Bay Music Festival
7/13 – Jersey City, NJ—White Eagle Hall $%
7/14 – Philadelphia, PA—Theatre of Living Arts $%
7/15 – Washington, DC—9:30 Club $%
7/17 – Durham, NC—Motorco Music Hall $%
7/18 – Charleston, SC—The Music Farm $%
7/19 – Atlanta, GA—The Masquerade – Hell $%
7/20 – Nashville, TN—Mercy Lounge $%
7/21 – St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall $%
# w/ Casket Lottery
$ w/ Racquet Club
% w/ Ageist