Matt Pryor in Tampa

Kansas City, Missouri native, Matt Pryor, is a household name for anyone who wasattuned to the second and third waves of emo. His genre-de=ining band, The Get UpKids, were among a small and legendary group that has shaped the musicallandscape for years. However, after growing tired of the boundaries it so needlesslyapplied, the internationally recognized frontrunners eventually transcended thegenre with their later albums and found themselves at home with a more indiesound.Most recently, on his latest album under his given name, Matt Pryor has presentedthe world with The Salton Sea, and it is abundantly clear that this is the continuationof a decades-long love affair with music and being outright obsessed withsongwriting. Steadfast fans of Pryors proli=ic career will also =ind themselves treatedto a style that is more reminiscent of the works of Paul Westerberg and Red HousePainters, that is of course laden with Pryors signature style, whose DNA is deeplyrooted in artists like Elvis Co