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Saturday, April 07, 2012
THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
with A Rocket to the Moon

General Admission $27.50 | Balcony [general admission]
Doors 7:00 pm / Show 8:00 pm 
All Ages [Balcony 21+] :: $2 Minor Surcharge at Door

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With its surreal, synth-driven sound, “Kids In The Street” is an indicator of how the band has let itself grow musically. “I feel like we’ve come into a sound that is really original for us,” Ritter says. “You can also hear it on ‘Gonzo’ and ‘Fast & Slow.’ We’re putting in doses of instrumentation, like horns and various synths, that we’ve never injected into our music before, and I think it’s taken our sound to a different place.” The band credits working with Grammy-nominated producer Greg Wells (Adele, Katy Perry, OneRepublic) with helping them to evolve while still retaining what their fans love about them. “The whole record was this collaborative effort where Greg felt more like a fifth member than a producer,” Ritter says. “He really spoke our language, which translated into the sound of the album. If you really want to know what Kids In The Street sounds like, it sounds like The All-American Rejects got their shit together and wrote a record that was going to keep them around.” 

After releasing a viral video of “Someday’s Gone,” the band got its first sense of how the fans might react to the material. “I’ve creeped on a few message boards and the general consensus seems to be surprise that it doesn’t sound like When The World Comes Down but more like our first album,” Ritter says. “That alone makes me feel like if you were a Rejects fan and maybe have disconnected with us along our journey, Kids In The Street will be the album that reels you back in. And if you’ve stuck around, then thanks for growing up with us. Because that’s what we’ve been doing for the last ten years — growing up. Audibly.”

Yes!