Purple To Write Home About

2025 was a big year for me when it came to discovering some 90's bands that I really didn't think that I liked. While bands like Disembodied and Harvest were the two that took most of my attention, I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention that I was surprised to find myself spending a bit of time with Saves The Day and The Get Up Kids as well. I listened to both of those bands a bit in the late 90's, and I enjoyed their sophomore albums from 1999, but soon after that I didn't bother much with either band and they have largely been forgotten over the past 25 years.

After talking with my friend Alex last year about music, and hearing her talk about how much she loved Saves The Day and The Get Up Kids, I figured that I'd check out their first couple of records again. Admittedly, I didn't hold out much hope in revisiting these two bands again. I'd generally filed them under "bands that I never need to hear again", so I was shocked when I found that I really enjoyed checking them out again. After repeat listens I figured that maybe I wanted to get something into my 90's record collection for either of them.

The first album from The Get Up Kids is definitely my favorite from the band, but Something To Write Home About is a nice slice of emo from that time as well. I was having trouble deciding what I wanted to pick up from the band. I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the money that discogs sellers were asking for Four Minute Mile, and when I saw this purple vinyl version of their second album, it just felt like the right choice.

I wasn't going to get too wrapped up in my obsession for the band last summer, and I didn't need to commit to a first pressing... nah, this second pressing from 2009 on purple did the job nicely.