NewYearsDayProject | a song a day blog

While  Jimmy Eat World  purists cite  Clarity   as their favorite and their true breakthrough album, most of us humble music listeners would have never heard of one of the defining bands in the pop-punk/ emo scene if it wasn’t for their 2001 record  Bleed American .  It was specifically their second single from the record, “ The Middle ” which is the band’s most well-known hit. When you’re talking about hits from your childhood and bands you like, many people won’t recognize the name of the band but they know the song. Jimmy Eat World had released two albums on  Capitol Records  when the first wave of emo sparked by bands like  Sunny Day Real Estate  became popular. Jimmy Eat World, though, underperformed and was dropped by Capitol. The band then recorded  Bleed American  independently but signed to  DreamWorks  before releasing the record.   DON’T WRITE YOURSELF OFF YET.    First Jimmy Eat World released the title track “ Bleed American ” to rock radio before releasing “The Middle.” T

In Chinese, the word 小心 (xiǎo xīn) translates to careful. Anthony Green proposed the name to a band he was fronting, choosing to spell the Chinese as Saosin instead. But the band wouldn’t record their first record with Green, though, who stepped down due to a battle with depression and feeling homesick. Anthony would later form the band Circa Survive and would rejoin Saosin for their third album. In the meantime, Saosin hired 19-year-old Cove Reber , who would sing on Saosin’s Capitol Records eponymous debut and their Virgin Records sophomore record, In Search of Solid Ground .     CONFUSED BY THE LIES SHE’S BEEN FED. When Cove Reber submitted his demo to sing for Saosin, guitarist Beau Burchell thought that Anthony Green had submitted his own demo as a prank due to the similarities in Reber and Green’s voices. With a similar-sounding lead singer, Saosin headed out on the Taste of Chaos Tour with The Used, My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, and Killswitch Engage, among others. The

  While Jimmy Eat World purists cite Clarity as their favorite and their true break-through album, most of us humble music listeners would have never heard of one of the defining bands in the pop-punk/ emo scene if it wasn’t for their 2001 record Bleed American . It was specifically their second single from the record, “ The Middle ” which is the band’s most well-known hit. When you’re talking about hits from your child-hood and bands you like, many people won’t recognize the name of the band but they know the song. Jimmy Eat World had released two albums on Capitol Records when the first wave of emo sparked by bands like Sunny Day Real Estate became popular. Jimmy Eat World, though, underperformed and was dropped by Capitol. The band then recorded Bleed American independently but signed to DreamWorks before releasing the record.   DON’T WRITE YOURSELF OFF YET.   First Jimmy Eat World released the title track “ Bleed American ” to rock radio before releasing “The Middle.” The seco