album · September 28, 1999

Something to Write Home About

The Get Up Kids

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Vagrant RecordsSee this day

indie rockalternative

This 1999 album, "Something to Write Home About," is the band's second full-length release and a defining record of the late-'90s emo-pop explosion. It was their first release on Vagrant Records.

• The album was recorded at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota with producer Mark Trombino.
• "The Never Ending Summer" was released as the album's lead single.
• The album reached #196 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The Get Up Kids were a rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. They were a seminal band in the late '90s emo and indie rock scene.