ARTIST: The New Amsterdams
TITLE: At The Foot Of My Rival
LABEL: Elmar/Curb Appeal
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 183kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-09-25
RIP DATE: 2007-09-25
Track List
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1. Revenge 1:44
2. Wait 3:01
3. Fountain Of Youth 2:55
4. This Day Is Done 3:00
5. Without A Sound (Eleanor) 3:20
6. Silverlake 3:06
7. Lost Long Shot 2:53
8. Hughes 3:11
9. A Beacon In Beige 2:43
10. Story Like A Scar 3:13
11. Fortunate Fool 2:48
12. Lay On The Rails 4:16
13. Drunk Or Dead 3:02
14. The Blood On The Floor 2:53
Release Notes:
Indie rock outfit the New Amsterdams were pioneered by Get Up Kids
vocalist/guitarist Matthew Pryor as a side project, and his personal emotion
continued to be redefined and molded upon a musical cast of energetic pop.
Joining Pryor are drummer Jake Cardwell, guitarist Alex Brahl, and Get Up Kids
bassist Robert Pope. Since forming the Get Up Kids in 1996, Pryor needed another
outlet for his stripped melodies to sheer off the typical emo associations found
with his other band. So with grainy acoustics and lyrical dynamics, the New
Amsterdams issued their debut, Never You Mind, in fall 2000.
Two years later, Pryor took a break from his bandmates to record a follow-up
completed entirely by him. Para Toda Vida captured a more intimate Pryor with
production work by Alex Brahl. Released in 2003, Worse for the Wear found
brothers Robert and Ryan Pope joining in on bass and percussion, and Pryor then
started planning his next album that fall, before leaving on tour with the Get
Up Kids. Feeling alone and upset on tour, many of the songs written reflected
this uncertain and bleak period of his life. After touring commitments were
finished, and with the record still incomplete, he started writing with Bill
Belzer and Eric McCann in September 2004. It was a much more positive
environment than Pryor had been writing in, and the songs showed it.
The album, Killed or Cured, was finished, but a farewell tour with the Kids
pushed its release into the next year. A lot changed in that time ù the New
Amsterdams started writing new songs, Dustin Kinsey was added, and the guys
decided they wanted to see through what they were working on. Killed or Cured
wound up eventually getting shelved with no plans for a future release, aside
from songs available for download on their website. April 2006 saw the band
finally issue a new album, Story Like a Scar, and they played spots on the
year's South by Southwest and Coachella festivals.