The New Amsterdams - Watch the World Cave in (Killed) Lyrics. The world's caving in, I got tickets for two They're not the best seats and they're not the best view Take my hand, you can squeeze on. View of New Amsterdam. Rope, yet the emigrants to New Amsterdam lived in a. Krieckenbeck was killed, with three of his men, one of. Cured an appointment which provided an. On Raritan Indians, and although there was.

The New Amsterdams is an American band featuring Matthew Pryor of The Get Up Kids.In a certain sense, they represented the acoustic counter-project to the Get up Kids. In contrast to The Get Up Kids, this project features acoustic guitars, accordion, wind instruments, strings and mature elements of American folklore. Among the members were also numerous musicians and contributors of The Get Up Kids and other friendly bands.

History[edit]

The New Amsterdams began as a solo project of lead singer for The Get Up Kids, Matt Pryor. The Band was named after the song New Amsterdam by Elvis Costello from 1980.^[1]

Never You Mind (2000)[edit]

In 2000, he released his debut album Never You Mind, which was largely made up of acoustic tracks with sparse accompaniment. However, the album also featured Alex Brahl, Ed Rose, Jake Cardwell & Rob Pope providing extra instrument tracks.^[2] It was released at a time when The Get up kids were already becoming more and more successful. The first five albums of the New Amsterdams were to be released on Vagrant Records.

Para Toda Vida, Worse for the Wear (2002-2003)[edit]

Two years later in January 2002, Pryor released Para Toda Vida, this time sticking almost purely to acoustic guitar, with the exception of a few tracks utilizing harmonica and banjo as well.^[3] However, the next year the band went a step further in the release of Worse for the Wear, which utilized a full band for the first time, which at this time included Get Up Kids bandmates Ryan Pope and his brother Rob, as well as longtime friend and producer Ed Rose. The album was one of the earlier albums to be recorded at Black Lodge Studios, the recording studio renovated and co-owned by Ed Rose and the members of The Get Up Kids.^[4]

Story Like a Scar, Killed or Cured (2005-2007)[edit]

The band's next album, Killed or Cured was released in 2005.^[5] However, it was written during a turbulent time within The Get Up Kids leading up to the band's breakup. Because of this Vagrant Records, the label to which both the bands were signed, didn't want to release the album until The Get Up Kids finished their farewell tour in the summer of that year. For this reason, a portion of the album was released online for free via the New Amsterdams website.^[6] In 2005 they played on the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The album Killed or Cured was released in its full version through retail channels on April 10, 2007.^[7]

In 2006, the band released the album Story Like a Scar with what is now the current lineup, including Bill Belzer on drums, Eric McCann on upright bass, and Dustin Kinsey on guitar.^[8] In the same year The New Amstedams played alongside bands like Depeche Mode or Daft Punk at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.^[9]

At the Foot of My Rival (2007)[edit]

In September 2007, the band released another album, At the Foot of My Rival on CD, Vinyl and Digital Download.^[10][11] However, after a long relationship with Vagrant Records, the band decided to release the album on Elmar, (named after Pryor's son Elliot Marshall) an offshoot of Curb Appeal Records, owned in part by Get Up Kids bandmate Jim Suptic.^[11][12]

In January 2008 the band released a collection of demos and b-sides, available exclusively through their website.^[13]

In May of the same year, they went on their first European tour, starting in Amsterdam.^[10] The band planned to go into a small hiatus after that due to Matt Pryor's involvement with the Get Up Kids. Dustin Kinsey joined the band Koufax.^[14]

Outroduction (2013)[edit]

In a November 2011 interview with MidcoastStation.com Pryor said he had plans to release a New Amsterdams compilation.^[15] In 2013 a compilation entitled Outroduction was finally released, which contains B-side material. This time on the label Nightshoes Syndicate, founded by Pryor himself.^[16]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

EPs[edit]

Non-album tracks[edit]

• 2007: Thirty-Three (from Helio Presents: The Smashing Pumpkins Tribute-Album)^[17]

Music videos[edit]

• 2006: Turn Out The Light
• 2007: Fountain Of Youth

Reviews[edit]

• AbsolutePunk.net review of Story Like a Scar

References[edit]

1. ^Records, Vagrant. 'Vagrant Records'. Vagrant Records. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
2. ^Punknews.org. 'The New Amsterdams - Para Toda Vida'. www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
3. ^'The New Amsterdams: Para Toda Vida'. Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
4. ^'Pryor engagements'. LJWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
5. ^'The New Amsterdams - Killed Or Cured'. Discogs (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
6. ^'The New Amsterdams - Killed Or Cured'. Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
7. ^'The New Amsterdams - Killed Or Cured'. Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
8. ^'The New Amsterdams – laut.de – Band'. laut.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
9. ^'Huge 2006 Coachella Festival line-up announced'. Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
10. ^ ^abPunknews.org. 'Tours: New Amsterdams (US and Europe)'. www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
11. ^ ^ab'The New Amsterdams - At The Foot Of My Rival'. Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
12. ^'Q&A: Jim Suptic of The Get Up Kids'. idobi.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
13. ^'The New Amsterdams Store'. web.archive.org. 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
14. ^'Meet Koufax, the band'. mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
15. ^'Interview: Matt Pryor talks about 'May Day', Lawrence life and his many projects Midcoast Station'. web.archive.org. 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
16. ^Simon, Simon (2020-03-18). 'The New Amsterdams: Outroduction [Album Review]'. thefirenote.com. Retrieved Jul 25, 2013.
17. ^'Release 'Helio Presents: Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Album' by Various Artists - MusicBrainz'. musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

External links[edit]

• The New Amsterdams on Youtube
• The New Amsterdams on Allmusic
• The New Amsterdams collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

Killed or Cured is the fourth album by The New Amsterdams recorded during the breakup of The Get Up Kids and released via the internet in part in 2005 and in full in 2006 on Vagrant Records.

Writing[edit]

The album was originally recorded after Worse for the Wear, the band's third album. It was written primarily in 2004 after the release of The Get Up Kids album Guilt Show while that band was on its world tour.^[2] Several songs, chiefly 'Wears so Thin' and 'Watch the World Cave In' were written about the tensions in the band at the time that led to the group's eventual breakup. In fact, the song 'Drinking in the Afternoon' was written in a hotel room during the Japan leg of the tour the night before Pryor quit the band after the tour was over. The events surrounding the album's writing led to a much darker and foreboding tone than on previous releases.

Production[edit]

After The Get Up Kids went on hiatus after their 2004 world tour, Pryor turned his focus to The New Amsterdams, who started recording the first version of Killed or Cured. They initially recorded a more stripped-down acoustic version of the album, with many songs featuring only Pryor on vocals and guitar. In 2005, The Get Up Kids formally announced their breakup, and that they would be doing one final tour before splitting up permanently on June 2. Because of this Vagrant Records, the label to which both The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams were signed, wanted to hold off on the release of Killed or Cured, as it would reflect poorly on The Get Up Kids due to the mood of when it was written.^[3]

Soon afterward, the band released the album online for free download, including cover art, from the band's website.^[4] They also returned to the studio to re-record the album for its retail release. The new version of the album is substantially different from the original, with each song featuring the full band and, in some cases, strings and brass. This new version was produced by Ed Rose, a longtime friend who had also produced several albums by The Get Up Kids, as well as other side-projects like Reggie and the Full Effect and White Whale.

In 2006, The New Amsterdams announced that they would release the album on two discs. The first disc, called 'Killed' would feature the original, stripped down version of the album, and the second disc ('Cured') would feature the new re-worked versions of the songs. The album was eventually released on April 24, 2007.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by The New Amsterdams.

Personnel[edit]

Band[edit]

• Matt Pryor - Vocals, Guitar
• Bill Belzer - Drums
• Eric McCann - Upright Bass
• Dustin Kinsey - Guitar
• Zach Holland - Keyboard

Production[edit]

• Roget Moutenout - Producer, Mixing
• Colin Mahoney - Engineer, Mixing
• Roger Moutenot - Mixing
• Ed Rose - Engineer

Design[edit]

• Geoff McCann - Artwork
• Matthew Doyle - Artwork

Killed or Cured Appendix[edit]

In 2006, the band released Killed or Cured Appendix, a six-song EP composed of B-sides left over from the Killed or Cured recording sessions on their website. It included new songs, alternate takes, and a cover. Fl studio nexus expansions free. Some were full-band songs, whereas others were just demos that Matt Pryor recorded on his own.

Killed or Cured Appendix track listing[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^AP Magazine reviewArchived 2008-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^Alternative Press Issue 204 'Say Goodnight, Mean Goodbye: The Oral History of The Get Up Kids'
3. ^Davison, Jacqueline (2005-07-26). 'Review :: The New Amsterdams, 'Killed or Cured''. Lawrence.com. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
4. ^[1]Archived May 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine