Simple Science

Simple Science
EP by
The Get Up Kids
ReleasedApril 13, 2010
StudiosBlack Lodge Studios (Eudora, Kansas)
Genres
Length16:08
LabelFlyover Records
ProducerEd Rose
The Get Up Kids chronology
Guilt Show
(2004)		 Simple Science
(2010)		 There Are Rules
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative PressStarStarStarHalf star
The Album ProjectStarStarStarStarStar

Simple Science is an EP by American rock band The Get Up Kids. The first official release from the band since re-forming after breaking up in 2005, and the first studio recording since 2004's Guilt Show, the EP was released April 13, 2010, on vinyl and April 27, 2010, on compact disc (both through the groups newly formed Flyover Records).

Release

The vinyl edition of the release was limited to 2,000 hand-numbered copies, released in four different varieties of 500 pressings each: 180-gram black vinyl, green marble vinyl, pink marble vinyl (exclusive to Hot Topic) and baby blue vinyl (exclusive to Vinyl Collective).

The compact disc version was released on April 27, 2010, and limited to 10,000 hand-numbered copies. The digital download version of the album will be available exclusively through iTunes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Get Up Kids.

Simple Science EP
No.TitleLength
1."Your Petty Pretty Things"3:28
2."Keith Case"4:05
3."Tommy Gentle"2:31
4."How You're Bound"6:02

Personnel

Band

Production

Charts

Chart Peak position
US Billboard 200 194
Top Independent 29

References

  1. ↑ Scott Heisel. "FILE UNDER: Reunited, and it sounds pretty good". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ The Album Project review Archived April 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Reid, Sean (February 15, 2010), The Get Up Kids Announce New EP, Alter the Press, retrieved February 15, 2010
  4. ↑ Dickinson, Virgil (March 9, 2010), TP/PO: THE GET UP KIDS "Simple Science" 12" EP (U.S. Pressing), Vinyl Collective, retrieved March 24, 2010{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)