
Chase This Light by Jimmy Eat World
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Published: 2007-10-15 Provider: Artist Direct
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Jimmy Eat World Announce Latest TourVeteran emo-cum-power-pop stars Jimmy Eat World are readying the release of their first studio album in 3 years, which is set to be titled Chase This Light. The album, a follow-up to
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Published: 2007-08-29 Provider: Artist Direct
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"Chase This Light" by Jimmy Eat WorldThere was a time—call it emo's final days in the so-uncool-it's-cool sub-mainstream—when Jimmy Eat World achieved something close to greatness. From Clarity's sprawling, murky anthems to Bleed American's concise, gleaming pop, no band in their genre struck a better balance between teenage-diary lyrics and razor-edged pop songwriting. And then the inevitable took hold: Bleed American spawned a series of ubiquitous singles, emo hit the big time, and Jimmy Eat World found themselves cast as the heart on the nation's sleeve. 2004's follow-up, Futures, was darker and more arena-ready, replacing Bleed American's sugar rush with an unfortunate self-seriousness. The band's new record, Chase This Light—produced by that master of heavy-handed precision, Butch Vig—splits the difference between Clarity's melodrama and American's giddy pop. There are certain strains of mainstream rock production that simply deaden a
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Published: 2007-10-18 Provider: Artist Direct
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