"Red Letter Days" by Matt Pryor 2023-04-07 The Grass Roots

The Grass Roots

were anything but passé

poetic vocals have set them apart from the glut of early-'90s post-hardcore

It features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar

Sonic Youth’s The Walls Have Ears appeared / disappeared as a 2LP set in 1986

"Red Letter Days" by Matt Pryor 2023-04-07 The Grass RootsRed Letter Days is the debut novel from Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, The Terrible Twos). "This was never meant to be a book about emo or even the band in particular, I didn't want to write about the 'scene.' That is already well documented," he explains. "I just wanted to write a book to see if I could do it. It's the same way I felt when I was sixteen and I wanted to make an album: I don't really have a reason, it's just something