A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts

"A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts" is the second single from Kansas City, Missouri band The Get Up Kids. The single, also commonly referred to as The Loveteller EP by fans,[1] was released in 1997 on Contrast Records.[2] The final pressing of the album was printed on orange vinyl in a limited run of 200. Each of this set was packaged in a handmade sleeve with the band's name spray-painted on, and an actual photo glued to the cover by label owner Al Barkley.[3]

"A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts"
Single by The Get Up Kids
from the album Woodson
B-side"Off The Wagon"
ReleasedMay 1997
GenreAlternative rock, emo
Length6:06
LabelContrast Records
Songwriter(s)Rob Pope, Ryan Pope, Matt Pryor, Jim Suptic
Producer(s)The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids singles chronology
"Shorty"
(1996)
"A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts"
(1997)
"Ten Minutes"
(1999)

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by The Get Up Kids

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts[4]"3:31
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Off The Wagon"2:35

Additional releases edit

  • The song "A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts" was re-written and released on the band's rarities and b-sides collection Eudora as "Newfound Mass (2000)".[1]
  • "A Newfound Interest in Massachusetts" and "Off The Wagon" were also released on the band's EP Woodson.[1]

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Get Up Kids, The - Two EPs: Red Letter Day And Woodson, Discogs.com, retrieved 2010-03-24
  2. ^ "Loveteller | The Get Up Kids". Dead Format. Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  3. ^ Conoley, Ben (2007-08-01), Vinyl File: Sex Pistols, the Draft, F*cked Up, Coliseum and a Get Up Kids spotlight, Punk News, retrieved 2010-03-24
  4. ^ Get Up Kids, The - A Newfound Interest In Massachusetts / Off The Wagon, Discogs.com, 1997, retrieved 2010-03-24