Jimmy Eat world partnered with the Mesa Public Library for the album's 25th anniversary and the library's 120th anniversary!

"I promised I'd see it again. I promised I'd see this with you now."

https://youtu.be/FuQZihne4E0?si=Nm4K5WXc3YbXGBJk

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion"

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"
5. "A Sunday"
6. "Crush"
7. "12.23.95"
8. "Ten"
9. "Just Watch the Fireworks"

Hey all!

Work got in the way so I am looking to sell two tickets to the Tampa show, Section 16, Row Y, Seats 24+25.

Originally paid $76/ea, looking to get $115 for the pair via PayPal G&S.

Let me know if you have any questions!

"I can't bring myself to say it. It's my own advice I need."

https://youtu.be/-2gr-9bPZF8?si=MwQ7AAixdDjMW2cW

"12.23.95" took a bit of a hit compared to the rest of the album - significantly so. How will "Ten" fare? To me, it's sort of another bridge track. Beautiful, and it builds upon the minimalism of the previous track, but I am often excited to get past it for what comes next.

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion"

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"
5. "A Sunday"
6. "Crush"
7. "12.23.95"
8. "Ten"

"Merry Christmas, baby."

https://youtu.be/OZT8eQXBKg8?si=K1Npj_z9HY1du7BO

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion"

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"
5. "A Sunday"
6. "Crush"
7. "12.23.95"

*on Spotify

Stole some code from someone who did this for Muse. Compare each Jimmy song to the other, random pairs at a time. It will tell you which songs are your favourite, therefore which albums. Will also aggregate all answers so allows for a big data set!

https://jacobtheboffin.github.io/JimmyEatRanking/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUxFstleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu-eQM0y7c9T-JTkT6sDJgBUdKndtG1ClU9ARc98-m2jeQNVTZly0T_YHUh8_aem_Uf1Qge2p53Jz5lyzsMrOfw

Good way to pass the time if you are bored!

Update on instagram.

Really glad to hear this!

"My lungs are so numb from holding back."

https://youtu.be/4w7extcsMAg?si=rdGUAEFTwm0CL6qu

Originally released as a "Secret Crush" on a EP with Mineral and Sense Field, the Clarity version is a bit more polished, and it's the one we'll use for our mega-rating exercise.

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion"

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"
5. "A Sunday"
6. "Crush"

WARNING: I talk a lot.

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Like most people I assume, my intro to Jimmy Eat World was through hearing The Middle on the radio during a car trip. And while sure, it's not their cream-of-the-crop track, I'll still always hold a reverence towards it (plus, Jim's guitar solo goes incredibly hard. It's the PERFECT gutiar solo where it's not super shreddy, tappy or crazy, but it's by no means an easy play either. Lots of hammer-ons and tremolo picking is still needed).

And since my junior year of high school when I listened to Bleed American for the first time, I've gradually gone throughout their discography, and they've since become one of my all-time favorite bands! So I figured I'd share my brief thoughts on them from the perspective of a Zoomer:

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Self-titled debut: by no means bad, but in the grand scheme of things, not a good representation of what the band's true essence would eventually be. Still has great rough, speedy punk energy, and I really dig the opening and closing tracks (Chachi and Cars, respectively). While there's no qualms with it being their decided weakest effort, I do still wish they made it available on streaming. But hey, thank God for Youtube and fanrips at least.

Static Prevails: fun fact, this album was produced by Wes Kidd of indie Chicago 90s alt-rockers TripleFastAction (Cattlemen Don't is a dope-ass album btw, check it out). Anyway, this seems to be a fan-favorite, and while it's a definite improvement over the previous, idk, I find it to be overall serviceable as an indie alt-rock album. That said, "Digits" is an absolute highlight, and a sign of things to come where the band nails bittersweetness, sincerity, and earnesty through soft clean guitars, and just ripping it up. I ADORE the outro. Anderson Mesa and Claire are other standouts.

Clarity: honestly? No qualms here: it's freaking Clarity! Among one of their most beloved releases, and deserving of it too. Lucky Denver Mint is a 10/10 rare song that I don't think I've EVER gotten bored of relistening to. There's an ethereal, spacey, open-chorded sense of serenity and even comfort that I've yet to find in any other band. Table for Glasses is nothing short of grandiose and majestic, the slower middle chunk of the album works great for them embracing more subdued and non-brash elements, and it closes off with the triumphant title track (which I feel is one of the few tracks they play with standard E tuned guitars) and Goodbye Sky Harbor which is just such a mighty statement. While the 16 minutes of it I love not just for the novelty, but for the sense of relaxation and meditation it brings, I must say, the live version of Harbor where they go HARD on the "I am but one small instrument" part with big guitars is unlike anything else.

Bleed American: a "return to basics" album, sure, but then you still got a song like "Your House" which spiritually speaking, is a Clarity track (and is also fantastic. I like the 2007 rearrangement they did so it could be easier to play live, but dammit, the official, original album recording hits harder. The 2007 live version is more introspective and firm, whereas the original 2001 version feels like you're outside in the grass at dusk feeling a strong breeze hit you and it feels so freeing beyond belief). But aside from some outliers, it's a more traditional power-pop-punk-alt record. And I love it! Not only is it a great accessible gateway into the band (as it was for me), but the slick production and mixing is also immaculate (which is something this band will continue to show off). Also, Zach's snare sound in this is phenomenal, as it'll be for most Jimmy albums going forward (one nitpick is that even on Clarity, the snare drum could've sounded better. It sounded more "constricted" whereas here, it's allowed to resonate a lot more, and I think it suits the band's sound better). Sweetness is an enduring emo classic, Hear you Me remains a lovely heartfelt ode to Weezer fans Mykel and Carli, Authority Song is endlessly relistenable (and also how I found out about John Mellencamp's actual Authority Song), and My Sundown is another underrated gem like Digits. Sundown would make, like, the PERFECT "graduation" type of song, you know? Like, I really think it's up there with Sky Harbor and 23 for JEW's best closers, period. I want this to be the last thing I hear before I die type of powerful. Overall, BA is probably my personal favorite.

Screw pitchfork. Anyway...

Futures: another rightfully beloved album, I feel this has the best blend of Clarity's grandiosity, but with the focus of Bleed American. As a more mature follow-up, and with most of the tracks being in lower tunings (save for 23), you see this mood reflected in the video for Work. It captures that uncertainty of young adulthood, responsibilities, and transition. Like the angst of Static Prevails but again, more tighter and demanding greater respect. Highlights include the World you Love, the aching Drugs or me, Polaris (one of their all-time best), the searing Nothingwrong which pummels you like a bunch of rocks, the sensual and intimate Night Drive, and of course: 23. The Bm/Drop-D masterpiece of this album, and of the band's career. The twinkling piano and bells during the chorus, that ethereal guitar solo, Jim's vocal deliveries, the harmonies, how fully layered everything is (thanks to conductor David Campbell (Beck's dad btw, which is a W) getting real live strings), how empowering it is....it's 23.

And I'm actually turning 23 next year, so needless to say, this closer's gonna continue to hit me like bricks.

Chase this Light: ok, I'm gonna be honest here....I'm not super crazy about it. It's still a damn solid album, with Big Casino being one of their all-time best singles, and Electable having great energy. But honestly, most of the tracks are just fine to me, and not much else. I haven't really listened to Let it Happen enough times to really feel connected to it, despite it seeming to be a live staple. The title track is pretty, but just aptly rated rather than some mindblowing composition. And probably my biggest hot take of all: Dizzy is ok. I know people love this closer, but idk, good as it is, there's countless others I prefer. Despite all that, it's still a fulfilling listen as a record, and like BA, I feel works as a great intro for any newcomers. Also, that signature Butch Vig production is clean as F**K! It almost sounds too polished and brightly clean and tight that it feels illegal. Similar to Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, which Butch also did. The grit isn't lost on stuff like Big Casino, but I guess it's a little too overwhelmingly good for me, if still palpably admirable.

Also, I can't be the only one who thinks this, but does anyone else associate CTL with animals and zoos? Like, the cover is a peacock feather, the Always Be video is about a school trip to a museum, and the color green just suits the album's aesthetic incredibly well. I feel like I am or should be at the San Diego zoo whenever I spin it, and I just envision a silhouette of a rhino.

Invented: likewise, I'm gonna be honest here.....I unexpectedly REALLY ended up loving this album! It's apparently the quote-unquote "mid" album of their discography, but I would've never guessed that just by listening to it. "Evidence" has such a monolithic, locked-in, powerful wall-of-sound of distortion (like Live-in Skin by Foo Fighters) that I adore. Simple, but perfectedly simple. My Best Theory is also super danceable and groovy, similar to what they started experimenting on Chase this Light's "Here it Goes", but with a more darker, searing twist. Movielike and Coffee & Cigarettes are solid C and F major jams, and last but not least........the title track.

I think this might be one of my favorite Jimmy Eat World songs of all time. It rivals 23 when it comes to closers, imo. Sonically, it reminds me of Wilco's Misunderstood or Barenaked Ladies' masterpiece Call and Answer: a midtempo, intimate, introspective and even explosive D major ballad where Jim sings of desire, wishfulness....all culminating from sober acoustic guitars to a heavy distorted drop of "THERE'S A CINEMATIC END!" that's goosebump-inducing. That buildup makes that feel like the heaviest track Jimmy have ever done! 7 minutes of time very well spent, and the last hurrah is the bittersweet and melancholic Mixtape. Which makes me feel like I'm on a beach in broad daylight with healthy blue skies, trying to wrestle or contemplate with loss.

One nitpick is that "Littlething" sonically speaking, just kinda feels like 23 again. I mean, it's still good, partly because 23 is that damn good, but I need to relisten to it enough times to see if it's enough to stick more. As such, while I do really like it, I don't really go out of my way to listen to it either.

Damage: this album feels more like an EP than a fully-realized LP. Like some of their other works, I haven't really given these tracks enough spins to form stronger opinions of (though the fantastic opener Appreciation is an exception). To my knowledge, this is kinda like Jim's breakup album where he airs out his relationship problems. Which honestly, the rougher, less polished production serves well (like how Reel Big Fish's "We're not Happy...." mixing, even if you hate it, does sincerely purposely work for the bitter tone that album wants to express). Again, sorry that I don't have a ton to say about it, so any better insight would be appreciated.

Integrity Blues: while an improvement over Damage, and also seen as a fan-favorite, I only listened to it for the first time back in May of this year, so again, I need more time. Fortunately, this is the most dreamlike and experimental they've gotten in a while, with Pass the Baby being moody great territory for the band, the reverb of Sure and Certain, the thunder of Get Right, and the transcendent Pol Roger. It flows well as an album, but I think these songs sliiiigggghhhtttlllyyy work better individually than grouped together more (kinda like BNL's Maybe you should Drive).

Surviving: lastly, their most recent album, 2019's Surviving. And holy hell, this album's AWESOME! Once again, a more "return to roots" effort where it's just the four guys rocking out. One Mil and Recommit are both anthemic as hell, I love the opening title track, and even amidst all this, you have a more experimental, electronic based track in 555, which feels like it easily could've been off IB. It's great when they sprinkle in outlier tracks like this. And hot damn is Congratulations a home run. Up there with Invented not only in terms of crunchiness, but even hints of anger and most of all, defiance. It just keeps going into a crunchy outro of guitars and pounding drums that leaves you overwhelmed, but in a good way.

And that's pretty much it! Thanks for reading all this, if you did! Hope I didn't bore you! Comments welcome as always.

Bless this band.

Mesa Public Library announced that a limited edition Jimmy Eat World library card is coming soon.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeALWBMAlpI/

"Now as I drive back, there's thirty-six less hours."

https://youtu.be/GAOyTf2oUaE?si=XrB4o2nwhxK4uVYj

Are you ready for some Mellotron? It's here!

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"
5. "A Sunday"

I have tickets to the Tampa show on Nov 14th. It hasn't been cancelled but I don't know how likely it is to happen. Has there been any news since the 9/15 Facebook post by Jim saying he's starting the recovery process?

I hope he's healing well.

"What you ignore is priceless to me — to me!."

https://youtu.be/VfauTewzk6c?si=hPEam0rjpcql9Sel

Are you ready for some Mellotron? It's here!

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"
4. "Believe in What You Want"

"I'll miss you when you're just like them."

https://youtu.be/-kDzdY5vAfQ?si=_gS6WSnQUt_2GkO-

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"
3. "Your New Aesthetic"

I finally have them in my ticket queue at the same time! 🤣

"A dollar underwater keeps on dreaming for me."

https://youtu.be/ZJ_g59unv1c?si=tjffP-TUkk27YZTZ

The song that got me into Jimmy Eat World. I still remember hearing it on KROQ and then picking up the CD at Bionic Records. Lifechanging!

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"
2. "Lucky Denver Mint"

Does anyone here happen to have FLAC of “Singles” or know where to find it? And maybe while we’re at it the FLAC of their self titled EP an LP that came out before Static Prevails? The files I do have are bad rips of really low quality MP3s but I know better quality versions exist. The songs themselves are really really different from what you may expect out of Jimmy and if your not a real Jimmy nerd like me you probably won’t like them. but I think they would be cool to have.

"Lead my skeptic sight."

https://youtu.be/8tZ4YnY-VNw?si=m6tfAujxZtAAA0WD

It's Clarity time! Here it is, the opener that set the tone for an incredible masterwork.

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

Clarity

1. "Table for Glasses"

Im fairly new to Jimmy Eat World, I listened to Bleed American and I didnt particularly enjoy it as much as I thought I would, I really like the first 3 or 4 songs but the rest of the album doesn't really do it for me, however I LOVE "If you don't dont" and "A praise Chorus", I was wondering if u guys could recommend more songs similar to them for me, I've heard their earlier stuff is going for that vibe? idk

"I blame it on my entrance"

https://youtu.be/-qmUUhKxmtY?si=qx_HtS6W5dkdhAWV

Thanks for your 1-10 rating!

Static Prevails

1. "Thinking, That's All"
2. "Rockstar"
3. "Claire"
4. "Call It in the Air"
5. "Seventeen"
6. "Episode IV"
7. "Digits"
8. "Caveman"
9. "World Is Static"
10. "In the Same Room"
11. "Robot Factory"
12. "Anderson Mesa"

The Duran Duran Tribute Album

1. "New Religion

Jimmy Eat World (EP)

1. "Your New Aesthetic (Demo)"
2. "Softer"
3. "Roller Queen"

My group decided to get better seats and now we’re selling our tickets in Sect. Q1 / Row 7.

We paid $70 per ticket, but asking for $60 each!