Jimmy Eat World - Classic or Dud?

Yup, same reaction here re: "Get Right" vs. this new one.

I have decided that Futures is my favorite JEW album. Integrity Blues has higher highs but also 3-4 tracks I have no use for.

fav overall?

clarity will basically never be supplanted as my fav, but integrity is prob my second favorite jew album at this point. it's def their dreamiest

for some reason i have found myself in a lot of conversations about this band lately (i didn't even bring them up!)

I will say that Integrity Blues' title track almost made me tear up on the train a few days ago

I think if "Disintegration" and "Shame" made it to Futures it would have been more warmly received, somehow.

"shame" is so good, prob the least ponderous slow song from those sessions

I will say that Integrity Blues' title track almost made me tear up on the train a few days ago

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, April 17, 2017 11:21 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks for calling this one out. hadn't really listened to that one intently. sweet track.

Work is just the best song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY89XG0lmhI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwp9uDuxoiQ

new album, surviving, out 10/18

best band of all time imo

p sure they remixed "love never" for the record and it sounds way punchier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB7xABGta4I

those "hey heys" are a very reliable comfort

sax!!!!

yah that sax was a pleasant surprise. im here for this obv.

y'all this album whips

"555" probably the closest we'll ever get to a jimmy eat world slow jam

Are JEW and 3EB releasing on the same day?

yes lol

also i'm very impressed by this record. thought it might be a straight-up pop-rock record like bleed american or chase this light, and it sort of is but with dark atmospheric pockets. the last two tracks are a moodshift you almost don't notice happening until it's happened

got my friday night lined up

thinking it’s time for Pitchfork to revisit Bleed American, keep righting Ryan rongs.

xp i love "Work"

this album is so dope i can't stand it. it's the closet they've gotten to bleed american since bleed american imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-TZiVVaTE

haha what a weird video, love it

it made my day

perfectly illustrates the melodramatic essence of the song while also being completely ridiculous. mad max tyrant contemplating personal failures

yea it works!

this album is really slick, the songs are there. kinda wish the mix had room to breathe a little but ive felt that way since chase the light.

whole album is very listenable though. back half of the closing track is very ji\m/\m/y eat world.

i wasn't ready for goth metal jimmy eat world feat. davey havok on backing vocals

oh wow thats awesome now i hear him on there. that song has so much energy. second listen through the album now and I like every song.

i'm doing the thiiiiings that i'm told
every day
every day
every day

this is so good, glad i decided to check it out after seeing a headline about davey havok guesting on a song (which is still sick, but the whole album is great)

their best in a long while

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-X6zczdPA
sweet sweet harmonies

the gong lol

if y'all like livestreams they're doing three over the next few months, each covering a different album in their discog. first was tonight, playing surviving, and it fucking whipped ass, and even though it's over you apparently can buy tickets afterward to watch it on demand https://www.jimmyeatworldlive.com/

"congratulations" was like.... even better than i thought it would be

also next few weeks* not months

"congratulations" is one of my favorite running songs of the last few years

ive been enjoying jims youtube series 'pass-through frequencies' where he interviews (mostly) other emo gods. also interviewed flynt flossy.

i may buy tickets to those live streams. thx for the heads up.

i really like pass-through frequencies too!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzgVMugghoc

really good discussion of recording surviving, including a story about justin meldal-johnsen driving down hollywood blvd. blasting ratt's out of the cellar and throwing the devil horns

today's the futures show! my least favorite of their major albums but it's gonna rip live

oh now im interested in your JEW album rankings. futures would be up there for me

clarity
integrity blues
surviving
bleed american
invented
futures
chase this light
static prevails
damage

futures is just... slightly too dirge-y? it's still great but i kinda lose the thread right after "pain"

never heard the s/t, nothing anyone's said about it makes it seem worth hearing lol

Integrity Blues and Futures are both "tremendous highs, regrettable lows" for me, boringly I think Bleed American is my favorite now

wait what are the lows on futures!?

i dont really care for just tonight but thats about it

"drugs or me" and "night drive" do not completely work for me and never have. i still listen to them all the time lol

i'm expecting the live set to change my mind about this tbh