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Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (Vinyl LP)

Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American (Vinyl LP)

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Jimmy Eat World Bleed Americanon LP + DownloadIn todays prefab pop idol marketplace, there must be more pre-teen would-be superstars than ever, all vying for that elusive major-label contract. Hell, they even have prime time TV shows about it! For the members of Jimmy Eat World, however, having released two major-label albums before hitting legal drinking age, the freedom from that same contract would put the Mesa, AZ, foursome on the path to its very finest work: 2001s Bleed American, Jimmy Eat Worlds fourth LP and first for DreamWorks Records, recorded on the bands own dime in the aftermath of being dropped from their previous label.Jimmy Eat Worlds post-major-label stealth enabled them to record Bleed American (co-produced with Mark Trombino) completely free of distraction, which resulted in what many consider their most accomplished songcraft and focused performances yet. Ive heard the best ideas are the ones you think you shouldnt use at first, Adkins says. You do your best work when you skirt your boundaries. If you like something youve written but you have issues with it, youre probably on the right track. With this record, I found it was more challenging to write concise pop songs than to get really progressive and abstract.All of which is not to say that Jimmy Eat World had abandoned the energy or innovation of its previous works. First radio track Bleed American, for example, launched the record with a furious melody, propelling a lyric of hard-won wisdom. Bleed American isnt about any one thing, Adkins explains. Its about a general dissatisfaction and a yearning for something more not necessarily something material but emotional. It describes a feeling that somethings missing.Elsewhere on Bleed American, songs like Sweetness, If You Dont, Dont and Your House seem to harbor a romantic sensibility, though Adkins prefers not to specify. I look at these songs more as moods than statements, he says. However people choose to interpret them is fine. To be sure, the records more experimental turns, like the somber Get It Faster or the expansive Cautioners, leave as much room for the listeners own experiences and emotions as anything on Static Prevails or Clarity.
Track Listing 1. Bleed American
2. A Praise Chorus
3. The Middle
4. Your House
5. Sweetness
6. Hear You Me
7. If You Dont, Dont
8. Get It Faster
9. Cautioners
10. The Authority Song
11. My Sundown
12. (Splash) Turn Twist

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