Latest Release
- JUN 8, 2023
- 1 Song
- Bleed American · 2001
- Bleed American · 2001
- Bleed American · 2001
- Bleed American · 2001
- Bleed American · 2001
- Futures · 2004
- Chase This Light (Deluxe Edition) · 2007
- Futures · 2004
- Integrity Blues · 2016
- Futures · 2004
Essential Albums
- Though largely ignored upon its 1999 release, many fans now regard Clarity as Jimmy Eat World’s definitive album. It catches the band in splendid transition, caught between the raw indie punk of their early years and the soaring radio pop of their later years. This album marks the point where guitarist Jim Adkins assumed vocal duties. From Clarity on, Jimmy Eat World’s signature would be the tension between restless and often highly advanced instrumentation, and Adkins’ insistently lovely singing. The soaring effect created by this tension is best experienced on “For Me This Is Heaven,” “Ten,” and “Clarity.”
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Artist Playlists
- Praise the choruses of these emo stars.
- The emo icons explore chiming pop and gentle post-rock.
- Wiry melodic maestros and rousing punk legends.
More To Hear
- Mark chats with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World.
- Jim Adkins on new music, touring, and getting older.
- Jim and Zach talk "Bleed American" as the band's album turns 20.
- Mark talks with Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World.
About Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World are synonymous with emo’s third wave, a movement that pushed the intensely earnest hardcore offshoot away from raw, scrappy sounds toward massive pop hooks wrapped around introspective lyrics and chugging guitars. That’s an association the Arizona band earned honestly: Both their riff-heavy 2001 LP Bleed American and its signature hit “The Middle,” a power-pop-leaning pep talk to anyone feeling lost or downtrodden, presaged the mid-2000s rise of bands such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore. A pair of childhood friends, vocalist Jim Adkins and drummer Zach Lind, formed Jimmy Eat World in 1993 with guitarist Tom Linton. Although their early songs tended toward straightforward pop-punk, the group started expanding into more aggressive post-hardcore on 1996’s Static Prevails and atmospheric, pristine post-rock on the 1999 fan favorite Clarity. Following the profile-raising success of Bleed American, Jimmy Eat World kept pushing their sound forward, dabbling in bracing emo-punk (the existential Futures), piano and orchestral flourishes (Chase This Light), and atmospheric rock (Integrity Blues). No wonder that after the release of 2019’s stellar Surviving, Adkins told Apple Music, “The standard that we’ve set for ourselves now gets higher and higher every album we do.”
- ORIGIN
- Mesa, AZ, United States
- FORMED
- 1993
- GENRE
- Alternative