Jimmy Eat World’s Story & New Release

Jimmy is coming out with a new disc. It’s a deluxe edition of their previous release, “Bleed American.”

It’s a pretty cool story that brought forth Bleed American. Their previous disc, “Clarity” — which is my favorite album ever — had gotten them dropped from their record label, Capital Records. Rather than hanging it up, they bought up their remaining CD’s from their old label and then went on a five week, self-promoted/financed tour of Europe promoting Clarity. That tour actually ended up stretching over a year and eventually they went back to the studio to produce Bleed American.

Bleed American was produced on their own dime, and it became a Platinum Plus disc. It was most definitely their breakthrough album, and while I find it a bit unfortunate that most people think of songs like “The Middle” when they think of Jimmy, it is pretty incredible that a self-financed album went as big as it did.

Their Deluxe edition returns the album to it’s original name of “Bleed American.” Following 9/11, the name was changed out of respect from “Bleed American” to “Salt, Sweat, Sugar.” The 2-disc deluxe edition will contain tracks such as “No Sensitivity,” “Softer,” “(Splash) Turn Twist,” “Last Christmas”/”Firestarter,” “Game of Pricks,” “Your House 2007″ as well as an acoustic version of the song Bleed American .

You can pre-order an autographed CD from Newbury Comics for about $26.00 including shipping–which is cheaper than Amazon’s current price. I think I’ll pick up a copy–although I’m always hesitant of Deluxe editions or re-releases. That’s usually code for suckage. We’ll see.

Buy it here.

And listen to one of my favorite tracks off Bleed American entitled Cautioners. I think this track is a bit more indicative of who this band really is vs. who the radio paints them to be:

Cautioners:

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UPDATE: I added “Get it Faster” in response to Todd’s comment. Check it out, and check out the sweet little solo in the middle.

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