Review originally posted on http://www.myspace.com/disc_connected on 10/21/2007
I've always thought of Jimmy Eat World as a guitar-driven power pop band, albiet with a slight edge, and their new album returns to that genre after a detour through slightly darker territory on their last disc.
Noted producer Butch Vig adds an extra coat of studio gloss on this record that features rockers, catchy choruses and finger-snapping pop numbers you can dance to. The guitar work is sharp, and the vocals, while still bemoaning love lost, add a hopeful tone on some songs such as the title track.
"Chase This Light" should please longtime JEW fans and provide an accessible introduction to new listeners.
Video for "Big Casino"
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I was pretty sure I wouldn't like a band called "Jimmy Eat World", and I was right.
ReplyDeleteBut the idea to shoot a music video for a song called "Big Casino" in the 'Las Vegas Sign Boneyard' was a great one!
That singer looks almost like the archetype dude who suddenly shows up on the 7 O'Clock news for having opened fire on a bunch of innocent people in a high school classroom or at a grocery store gathering.
I think the name of this band and this video they made are cries for help.
~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
You just don't like them because they're from Tempe...
ReplyDeleteTHe writers who follow the blog must love the name...it's got a subject, a verb and an object!