The Get Up Kids are the area's most cherished
and most denigrated band. Few can refute that these five KC kids helped godfather the explosive emo movement, but the quintet's standoffish demeanor and its maudlin 2001 full-length
On a Wire earned it plenty of outspoken detractors. Many had written off the band completely when lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Pryor issued his third full-length solo effort,
Worse for the Wear. But even the most virulent GUKrakers can't deny that the album offers something we hadn't seen from the band in a while: progress. Packed start to finish with winning material,
Wear is far and away the strongest showing from the Kids' camp since the outfit's landmark 1999 release,
Something to Write Home About, and it's more than enough to make us love them again.
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