NewYearsDayProject | a song a day blog

  If you namedrop   Jimmy Eat World   in a casual conversation, people might look at you funny. The name sounds like its origins: two little kids teasing each other. Though fronted by   Jim Atkins,   he is not the "Jimmy" who "eat[s the] world," but rather it was an insulting picture guitarist Tom Linton 's little brother, Ed, who drew a picture of his slightly older brother  Jimmy looking so fat that he was "eat[ing]the world." Jimmy Eat World is a band's band. They are responsible for influencing everyone in punk, pop punk and even hardcore punk in the last 20 years. Best known for their song " The Middle ," a top 40 pop hit, the band spun several singles throughout the years, even today. Their most commercially successful albums have been   Bleed American   (2001),   Futures  (2004), and   Chase This Light   (2007). ARE YOU DIZZY YET?    I've talked about the burnout I've experienced as a teacher. Burnout is very common with te

Today we revisit Jimmy Eat World 's 2007 album, Chase This Light . Over the span of four records, from Clarity to Chase This Light, Jimmy Eat World showed what a band with a driving punk-rock rhythm can do with modern production. Clarity is a cult-favorite record. It shows the early days of Power Pop and Emo. Bleed American shows what happens if you get the energy of MxPx , an articulate voice, and  throw in a few sound effects, you get a few pop hits and and some Alt-rock bangers. GOTTA LOVE HOW IT’S SOMEHOW ALL ON ME. The band's follow up to Bleed American, 2004's darker  Futures  was somewhat of a departure from the punk rock origins of the band. The titular opening track had a different driving energy than a punk-rock beat. In fact, the songs that follow on Futures don't return to punk until track 6, the first single from the album " Pain ." The band's 2001 Bleed American had paved the way for other punk-rockers to enter the spotlight, whether it we