Blackpool Lights - "Empty Tank" (2006)

Blackpool Lights is the new band of former Get Up Kids guitarist Jim Suptic. This Town’s Disaster, the group’s first release, finds Suptic treading a lot of the same ground he did in the Get Up Kids but nothing on this album sounds like a rehash. On This Town’s Disaster Suptic makes you realize that Matthew Pryor’s songwriting wasn't the only thing that made the Get Up Kids worth listening to. Suptic only sang lead on a couple of TGUK tracks (including one of my favorites “Campfire Kansas” from On a Wire) but here his gravely vocals take center stage. All of the guitar work has a very Midwestern feel and it makes for several songs that are best listened to when driving with the windows down. For instance “Empty Tank” is a song that is about driving and it just feels like a summer song. If your planning on road tripping before summer’s over, this song should definitely be on your iPod.

Blackpool Lights - "Empty Tank"