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The Jimmy Eat World
(Jim Adkins on vocals, Tom Linton on guitar, Zach Lind on drums, Rick Burch on bass),
formed in 1994 in Arizona, are a strange beast.
Apparently an emocore group, they don't go for the jugular vein but for
the heart on their debut album Static Prevails (Capitol, 1996).
Clarity (Capitol, 1999) is mostly devoted to songs of innocence and
heartbreak (Crush), with a few notable exceptions (the sarcastic Your New Aesthetic).
The elaborate Just Watch The Fireworks and the 16-minute
Goodbye Sky Harbor
enhance the concept with Phil Spector-ish orchestration
(pianos, bells, chimes, violins, xylophone, piano).
The dance novelty Lucky Denver Mint became a national hit.
Crunchy, heavily distorted guitars, fast and pummeling drumming, aggressive
and loud bass lines make Bleed American (Dreamworks, 2001)
a much harder album.
Hear You Me, Sweetness and If You Don't Don't are
still catchy and emotional, although they can hardly compete with their
hit. The Middle (one of their classics) and Cautioners are more interesting, but hardly revolutionary.
Singles (Big Wheel Recreation, 2000) actually compiles rare and
compilation-only tracks. Surprisingly, it contains some of their best material,
anthemic rave-ups like Opener and the instrumental Ramina.
Futures (Interscope, 2004) delivers emo for the masses, in the form of a cynically calculated mix of introversion and bombast that, fundamentally, is
only another way to reinvent the power-ballad for a new generation.
Nonetheless, Night Drive, Pain, Drugs or Me and the
likes create a pleasant, while predictable, fresco of the emotional false and true pretenses of their generation.
For a few minutes (Just Tonight) they even remember that they used to
rock.
Chase This Light (2007) is trite punk-pop
(Big Casino, Feeling Lucky, Electable).
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Daniele Meneghel)
I Jimmy Eat World ( Jim Adkins alla voce, Tom Linton alla chitarra, Zach Lind alla batteria, Rick Burch al basso), formatisi nel 1994 in Arizona, sono una strana bestia. Apparentemente un gruppo emocore, non mirano alla vena giugulare, ma al cuore nel loro album di debutto Static Prevails (Capitol, 1996).
Clarity (Capitol, 1999) è interamente fedele alle canzoni dell'innocenza e al cuore spezzato (Crush, Your New Aesthetic). La elaborata Just Watch The Fireworks e Goodbye Sky Harbor valorizzano il concetto con orchestrazioni philspectoriane (piano, campane, campanelli, violini, xilofoni). La novità dance Lucky Denver Mint diventò un successo nazionale.
Chitarre scricchiolanti e pesantemente distorte, batteria veloce e battente, linee di basso aggressive e chiassose rendono Bleed American (Dreamworks, 2001) un album molto più duro. Hear You Me, Sweetness e If You Don't Don't sono ancora orecchiabili ed emotive, sebbene possano difficilmente competere con il loro successo. The Middle e Cautioners sono forse più interessanti, ma difficilmente rivoluzionarie.
Singles (Big Wheel Recreation, 2000) compila di fatto rarità e tracce inedite uscite appositamente. Sorprendentemente, contiene parte del loro miglior materiale, inni da festa scatenata come Opener e la strumentale Ramina.
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