Kansas City rockers, The Get Up Kids wrote a blog update announcing an April E.P. and the not so surprising news that Rob Pope wouldn’t be on their Australia and Japan tours (he’s currently touring with Spoon). But the April EP, Simple Science, is very exciting and welcome news as it has been six years since new music has been heard from the band’s camp.

Here’s the full message:

WE’VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS….
We’ve got some good news and some bad news.

First, the bad news. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our bassist Rob Pope will not be able to join us on our upcoming tour of Australia and Japan. Luckily, our good friend Nate Harold will be filling in for Rob who will be rejoining the touring party as soon as he is able.

Now, the good news. The “Simple Science” EP is our first new
recording in 6 years!!!! The 4 song EP is going to come out in April
on limited, numbered and several different colors of 12″ vinyl as well
as a CD that we are releasing ourselves. It will be available
exclusively for download with Itunes. We’ll keep you in the loop once
we set a release date.

That’s all for now.
Thanks,
The G.U.K.

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