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History

In 2005 after

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split up, lead singer Matt Pryor turned his focus on his other band

and, primarily, his children. The main reason The Get Up Kids split up was due to Pryor's disenfranchisement with touring, and his desire to spend more time with his children. As he spent more time with them, he began writing children's songs. Eventually, he showed them to his bandmates, and they decided to perform them. Pryor's goal was to create music that would engage children, but entertain their parents as well. Eventually, they recorded their first album, ''If You Ever See an Owl...''. After the album was complete, however, it was not released immediately due to the band members focusing on The New Amsterdams. Alongside this, they wanted artist and friend Travis Millard to illustrate a storybook to be packaged with the album. Finally, in 2005 the album was released independently, then re-released on

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Track listing

Personnel

Band

* Matt Pryor – Vocals, guitar, engineering *

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– Drums *Eric McCann – Upright bass *Dustin Kinsey – Guitar *Zach Holland – Keyboard

Production

*Alex Brahl – Engineering *Michael Fossenkemper – Mastering *Colin Mahoney – Mixing

Design

*Travis Millard – Artwork, packaging

References

{{Authority control Matt Pryor (musician) albums Vagrant Records albums 2007 albums