Midwestern emo/indie/pop punk band The Get Up Kids have announced their first album since 2011’s There Are Rules. Titled Problems, the record is out May 10 via Polyvinyl and was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Katis (Interpol, The National, Gang of Youths). Alongside the announcement, the band has shared the record’s lead single “Satellite.” Frontman Matt Pryor had this to say about the song in a statement:
I started writing "Satellite" about my son who’s 14 and a total introvert — not antisocial, he just genuinely likes to keep to himself. But then somewhere down the line, I started singing about myself — about how even when you’re playing a show to a room full of people, I can still feel anxious and isolated.
The song comes with a video by Kerstin Ebert, who says this about her thoughts behind the video:
The feeling of being isolated in a big city can be depressing. But instead of making this a sad story, I added a cardboard man named Hank to the storyline — a guy who lives like a normal human being amongst 8 million other people in New York City. Even though Hank’s adventurous ambitions, as well as his facial expressions, are very limited, he is the heart of the story and the biggest dreamer of all.
Problems follows last year’s Kicker EP. Watch the video for “Satellite” below.
The duo's last album was 2014's Turn Blue.
The band's eighth studio album is out May 17 on 4AD
