Hell yes! I cannot contain my excitement. Almost three years after Invented, Jimmy Eat World are back with a new album, Damage, which hits stores on June 11th. Just about an hour ago, they released this little teaser of a song, and, well, it's *beep* brilliant. It's been playing on a constant loop for a while now, as I am writing this post, and I just can't seem to get enough of it. It has a big Futures vibe to it, and since I consider that album to be Jimmy Eat World's best, I couldn't be more stoked for Damage. I'm not really feeling the artwork yet, but I have literally no doubts the music will be as good as we've come to expect from this band. Thoughts?
Here's an interesing quote from the band's drummer, Zach Lind, who stopped by in a thread over on AbsolutePunk.net.
"Engineered/Produced by Alain Johannes
Mixed by James Brown (also mixed the Sound City Movie soundtrack)
The thing about this album in general is that's pretty natural. Zero digital editing beyond comping. No auto tune, no beat detective, no samples. What you hear is what we played. If it ends up sounding muddier or more raw than what folks might be used to, we can live with that. Production wise, this is easily my favorite record, especially for me on the drums. BTW, we love Gil. Would be open to working with him in the future. The sound of Futures had a lot more to do with engineering and mixing. Gil is really great with arrangements and overall vibe. He's a fucking slave driver but a great dude. He does have an arrangement style that really fills the songs up hooks. That's not necessarily a bad thing but lately we've been wanting to keep the arrangements more simplified. Not sure of that makes sense but there you go."
Love the enthusiasm in this post! As for the song, it sounds solid. That's something about Jimmy Eat World... they're able to always release consistently good albums. This preview gives me no doubt that this album will be awesome.
ReplyDeleteDon't completely understand the artwork, but hopefully there will be more light shed on it.
Yay!
ReplyDeleteAaaaanyway, I like that they are going with a theme with the covers for all the singles and everything, but I still don't quite get it. They've always had such amazing covers, the artwork for Chase This Light might be my favourite ever...
Agree with you both. The artwork is a huge letdown. I hold artwork in high regards, as some of my greatest musical discoveries came at the hands of liking album art prior.
ReplyDeleteInvented was a major step back for me in my JEW love, and even Chase This Light left me wanting a bit more. But I remember with the release of "Big Casino", I had hugely high hopes for that album, and while it was good, didn't live up to Bleed American or Futures, my two absolute favorites. However, this seems to be a return to form of such, here is to hoping that it's not the next "Big Casino" and that i'm not let down after hearing a great first song.
Is their artwork for the singles like The Vaccines? I like each of their singles covers... even it they're just photos.
ReplyDeleteChase This Light was the album that made me a bigger Jimmy Eat World fan. As for Invented, it was different, but still really enjoyed it.
Have you seen them in concert before??
I haven't. American bands only come here once every few years...
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