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![]() Jimmy Eat WorldYour Rating:Average Rating:Hometown: Mesa, AZ (USA) About:Related BandsReviewsCurrent ReleasesInterviewsTours: Jimmy Eat World (UK) Jimmy Eat World have announced some UK tour dates which also seem to take place at venues called "Academy." The band just released Damage in… June 17, 2013 Media: Jimmy Eat World: 'Damage' Jimmy Eat World have launched a stream of Damage which is due out June 11, 2013. It's the follow up to 2010's… June 03, 2013 Videos: Jimmy Eat World: "I Will Steal You Back" Jimmy Eat World have released their video for "I Will Steal You Back," the first single from their new album Damage due out June 11, 2013. The band will… May 31, 2013 Videos: Weenie Roast includes Jimmy Eat World, Silversun Pickups, Black Keys The lineup has been announced for the KROQ Weenie Roast for 2013. The 21st annual instance of the event is set for May 18th, 2013 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA. Bands set to appear include: The Black Keys, Thirty… April 30, 2013 Tours: Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World have announced a headlining tour in support of their upcoming album, Damage which is due out June 11, 2013. You can click Read More… April 29, 2013 Media: Jimmy Eat World: "Damage" Jimmy Eat World are streaming another new song, the title track from their upcoming record Damage. The album is due out on June 11, 2013. You can… April 24, 2013 Media: Jimmy Eat World: "I Will Steal You Back" Jimmy Eat World have revealed "I Will Steal You Back," the first single from their new album Damage due out June 11, 2013. Prior to the album's release they'll be… April 11, 2013 Media: Jimmy Eat World announce 'Damage' Jimmy Eat World will release their new album Damage on June 11, 2013 via RCA; once out, it'll follow up their 2010 effort… April 03, 2013 Media: Jimmy Eat World to debut single via Record Store Day 7-inch Jimmy Eat World will be debuting the first single from their follow up to 2010's Invented on April… March 08, 2013 Media: Ken Andrews of Failure, Year of the Rabbit mixing Paramore album Ken Andrews, veteran producer and founder of acclaimed bands including Failure and Year of the Rabbit, has been tapped to mix the upcoming fourth album from Paramore. Andrews, who has… November 12, 2012 |
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Invented, the sixth full-length album by Jimmy Eat World, contains the signature big hooks and sing-along melodies for which the band has become famous. Fans of the band's older hits like "The Middle," "Sweetness," and "Pain" will find lots to grab onto…and those same fans will be happy to learn that Mark Trombino, who served as a producer on the band's first three albums Static Prevails, Clarity and Bleed American, is again at the helm for Invented. While the music is "classic Jimmy Eat World," the lyrics come from a completely different place than ever before.
Jim Adkins, the band's primary lyricist, credits this new lyrical direction to an exercise he created for himself as the band was putting the finishing touches on their previous album, Chase This Light. At the time, Adkinshad recently discovered two books -- Cindy Sherman's "Completely Untitled Film Still" series and Hannah Starkey's "Photographs 1997-2007" and became taken with the creation of his own back stories for each photo. "I would take about ten minutes and blast through every aspect of the scene that came to me. Who was this particular character and who were the people in her life? How did she end up in this scene?" Adkins says, "It was intended to be a writing exercise -- much like an exercise lots of people employ every day called 'object writing.' The point wasn't to get material for Jimmy Eat World songs, it was only to get my brain in a mindset for working. Eventually, though, ideas developed in those sessions did start creeping into songs. The album title 'Invented' refers to a song which I feel sums up the mood here," Adkins adds, "but could also be taken more literally as this album is the deepest into character writing we have tried so far."
The reconnection with producer Mark Trombino occurred in San Diego during the band's sold-out national tour commemorating the 10-year anniversary for the album Clarity. Adkins tells the rest of the story: "It had been a really long time since we had met. We talked for a while and it was good. We had already been working on material for Invented for a while, and we were thinking of hiring a producer to work with us, but we wanted someone with a specific skill set and willingness to work in a non-conventional setting." The idea was the band would work out a song as much as they could on their own in their studio, Unit 2 in Tempe, Arizona and then send the multi-track recordings to Trombino in California. "Mark is a ninja with a computer," Adkins adds, "After trying out a couple songs we knew he brought something really complimentary to the sessions. We would be recording the foundations of one song in Arizona as he was mixing another song in California."
Jimmy Eat World got their start in 1994 and has gained a reputation for being a band of great perseverance and hard work. Since the 1999 release of their breakthrough debut album Clarity, they've sold millions of records, have had numerous top ten singles at Modern Rock Radio, appeared on Saturday Night Live and have toured with Foo Fighters, Green Day and Weezer. Jimmy Eat World will be on the road for the next year plus in support of Invented.