Curb Appeal Records was an American record label founded in

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The Get Up Kids The Get Up Kids are an American rock band from Olathe, Kansas. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-1990s Midwest emo scene, otherwise known as the " second wave" of emo music. Their second album ''Something to Write Home About' ...

guitarist and

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frontman

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History

In July 2005,

split up, leaving the members to pursue their own side-projects. This allowed guitarist Jim Suptic to devote his full attention to his new band

, composed of himself and former members of Butterglory and The Creature Comforts. Rather than accepting an offer from

Vagrant Records Vagrant Records is an American record label based in California. It was founded in 1995 by Rich Egan and Jon Cohen. The label focuses on rock, but features artists in a variety of other genres including folk, soul, electronic, and pop. It is home ...

to sign the band, Suptic decided that he wanted to start over from scratch, and in doing so, created Curb Appeal Records. Suptic co-founded the label with Al Duffy, a Kansas City

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who had previously run a beer distributor, Enrique Chi, a publicist who had worked with

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and

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, and Alex Brahl, who had previously worked at Vagrant Records, in addition to having produced The Get Up Kids' second album,

Something to Write Home About ''Something to Write Home About'' is the second studio album by American rock band the Get Up Kids, released on September 28, 1999, through Vagrant Records and the band's own label Heroes & Villains Records. Following the promotional tours for t ...

. In the summer of 2006, the label released their first album,

This Town's Disaster ''This Town's Disaster'' is the first studio album by American indie rock band Blackpool Lights. Released in June 2006, it is the first album to be released on Curb Appeal Records, the indie record label co-founded and owned by the band's lead si ...

. Soon afterward they signed the band 8mm, and in September of that year released their second album Songs to Love and Die By. In 2007,

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, fronted by Suptic's old bandmate Matt Pryor announced that they were leaving Vagrant, and that they would be releasing their next album

At the Foot of My Rival ''At The Foot Of My Rival'' is the sixth album by The New Amsterdams released on September 25, 2007. It was released on CD, download and 180g vinyl, and is the first New Amsterdams album to be released on Curb Appeal Records. Track listing ...

on Elmar, a collaboration with Curb Appeal Records. On October 29, 2007 Curb Appeal announced they had signed The Last Almanac to the label, and would be releasing their new album A Memoir in 2008.http://www.curbappealrecords.com/ Under "news" section In 2008, it was announced that legendary rock band

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would be releasing Stay Down, their first album in 11 years on Curb Appeal records. The album was released digitally through the

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in spring 2008, and the physical album will be released in stores on August 5, 2008. The label is no longer in existence, having quietly shut down some time in 2008. While the exact details remain unknown, Suptic commented in a 2009 interview with Lawrence.com that it "blew up in his face."

Current artists

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Patrick Park Patrick Park (born January 1, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Biography Park grew up in Morrison, Colorado and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. He was exposed to the arts at an early age: his mother was a published po ...

References

External links

Curb Appeal Records Official Website (defunct)

Patrick Park Official Website

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