For the Michigan politician of the same name, see Matt Pryor (Michigan politician).
Matthew Pryor is an American musician who lives in Lawrence, Kansas. Matt was in the band Secret Decoder Ring, and through playing shows in the Kansas City area, met the members of his future band, indie rock group The Get Up Kids, who formed in 1995. While he was in The Get Up Kids, Matt started his side-project The New Amsterdams which released its first album Never You Mind in 1999. Since The Get Up Kids' retirement in 2005, The New Amsterdams have become Matt's primary focus. The New Amsterdams, has an "alter-ego" called The Terrible Twos who occasionally perform songs from their children's music album called "If You Ever See An Owl" released in 2006.
