Kansas City’s The Get Up Kids have shared their first ever music video for dynamic, fan favourite single ‘Ten Minutes’. The release commemorates the 25th anniversary reissue of the band’s genre-defining sophomore LP Something to Write Home About, due for release later this year.
Directed by long-time friend and scene peer Josh Berwanger (The Anniversary), the video lovingly assembles rare archival live footage of DIY shows, posters, photos and other ephemera from the era. Songwriter, guitarist and singer Jim Suptic said: “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.”
The remastered single is accompanied by its auspicious demo version that showcases the song’s sturdy, road-tested origin. Suptic said: “When I wrote the opening 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 to 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 that age. At its core, Something to Write Home About is a coming of age record.”
The Get Up Kids are currently playing shows in South America and later this month will embark on a headline tour of North America, playing Something to Write Home About in its entirety. The tour, with support from Smoking Popes, begins in Mexico on 9 August, with dates in the USA kicking off in Dallas, Texas on 23 August. The tour includes a trio of sold-out shows in Los Angeles and performances in San Francisco, Kansas City, New York, Boston, Toronto and Chicago before concluding in Las Vegas on 13 October.
