A band I got turned on to very recently and absolutely fell in love with. I preceded immediately to get 5 out of their 7 albums and listen to them all. This Arizona band is known and loved for being able to create great punk and rock songs while not having a depressing tone. Another great thing about Jimmy Eat World is that after almost 20 years being together this band continues to create great music and hasn't been forced to change their sound to stay popular.
A look at their early albums shows their punk sound. Their songs have the great combination of a punk attitude like Green Day along with little bits of screaming. This punk sound is what got Jimmy Eat World on to the scene and unlike many punk bands their music wasn't just stupid anti norm rambling, their songs have a real meaning and message to them which I personally love.
Later in their career Jimmy Eat World settled into their own sound and lost a little bit of their punk sound. The band started to adopt new sounds including synthesizers and new vocal effects. Yet the band didn't lose their punk identity which can be found in their lyrics. Overall the band started to take advantage of great producing and new instruments to deliver their great music.
I give Jimmy Eat World 4 and half stars out of 5. This is
just one of those bands that keeps coming out with music that captivates you
and songs that you immediately fall in love with. I suggest along with these
videos you listen to the albums Futures and Bleed American. Also just as a
little side note, if you are in to really long songs I suggest you take a
listen to Goodbye Sky Harbor which tops out at 16 minutes.
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