The New AmsterdamsAt the Foot of My Rival (2007)Elmar / Curb Appeal Reviewer Rating: Contributed by: Brian (others by this writer | submit your own) Published on September 25th 2007
Seemingly, once the Get Up Kids dissolved, frontman Matthew Pryor became even more prolific in those recent years, offering up three full-lengths with his New Amsterdams in the last two calendar cycles; the first, Killed or Cured, was just recently issued on proper compact disc format finally. All this bookending to the New Ams' catalog strikes simultaneous to his work in the Terrible Twos, where Pryor tries to hone in on the Raffi demographic -- that band just released their first full-length this past April. You'd think with so much material being pushed out there'd be some quality control issues, but At the Foot of My Rival (whose barely publicized, no-hyped release is surprising enough itself) marks an interesting and evolutionary step for Pryor and co. on LP6 (!).
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getting this soon. Good review. Haven't heard the whole album, but I've liked what I've heard. Yah. i don't seem to get the joke as far as the title is concerned... has it been fixed? I don't think I ever would've caught that, thanks. Haha good catch, Branden. i like the inconsistencies with the name of this album in the review, seriously. Well I was going to get the Bled and the Weakerthans tomorrow, but it look's like the Bled will have to wait. I'm a sucker for anything Matt Pryor. This and Reunion Tour will make fall kick ass STD's In Reverie-era gone right? I am interested in getting this because I consistently am impressed by Pryor. Is there any of the punkier type stuff on this record? I really loved Story Like a Scar because it had the great acoustic stuff but also more punk stuff like "Intelligent Design" and "Bad Liar." | Features
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