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I’m a big fan of tribute albums. Killer Queen, Encomium, and The Green Album are some of my favorites when I need to shake out the cobwebs in my brain, switch things up a little bit, and get some writing done. So when I found out Midtown had a new EP coming out and it contained a four-song collection featuring the band’s take on influential songs from their past, including Pavement’s Cut Your Hair and Lagwagon’s Know It All, I was stoked!
Fresh off last year’s sold-out headlining tour and a string of arena dates opening for My Chemical Romance, Midtown is back with another brand new tribute from their forthcoming EP, We’re Too Old To Write New Songs, So Here’s Some Old Songs We Didn’t Write.
Paying homage to Elvis Costello with their take on “Pump It Up”, you can check out this total vibe of a track, streaming now at this link.
Tyler Rann, guitarist of Midtown shared “To this day I can still quote PCU, the underrated Jeremy Piven movie that first introduced me to ‘Pump It Up’. But my intro to Elvis Costello is from a far more impactful movie – Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I remember seeing an image of this bizarre looking person on the wall of Damone’s room – so strange and uncool (even next to Devo!) that I actually found it appealing. Shortly after, I picked up This Year’s Model at my local CD store and found that nerdy guys named Elvis could rock out and play fast and angsty enough to appeal to young teenage punk rockers living in suburban New Jersey. The crossover between pop, new wave and punk completely broadened my horizons. Elvis Costello broke down so many of my misconceptions about what music should sound (and look) like.”
Pump It Up is the third single from Midtown’s forthcoming EP We’re Too Old To Write New Songs, So Here’s Some Old Songs We Didn’t Write, set to be released on May 26th. I really want to know what the final track is going to be, but much like all the other fans, I’ll just have to wait and see.
Until next time, you catch Midtown this May at Adjacent Festival in Atlantic City, NJ (tickets available at this link).
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