Simple Science

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Simple Science
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EP by
ReleasedApril 13, 2010
Recorded Black Lodge Studios
Eudora, Kansas
Genre Emo, indie rock
Length16:08
Label Flyover Records
Producer Ed Rose
The Get Up Kids chronology
Guilt Show
(2004)
Simple Science
(2010)
There Are Rules
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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). [3]

Contents

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). [4]

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

Chart performance

ChartPeak position
US Billboard 200 194
Top Independent 29

Notes

  1. Scott Heisel. "FILE UNDER: Reunited, and it sounds pretty good". Alternative Press . Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  2. The Album Project review Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Reid, Sean (2010-02-15), The Get Up Kids Announce New EP, Alter the Press, retrieved 2010-02-15
  4. Dickinson, Virgil (2010-03-09), TP/PO: THE GET UP KIDS "Simple Science" 12" EP (U.S. Pressing), Vinyl Collective, archived from the original on 2013-02-05, retrieved 2010-03-24

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