JIMMY EAT WORLD - Surviving LP

Label: RCA

Jimmy Eat World have, for the last twenty-five years, provided a mouthpiece for the underdogs, the underappreciated and the unassuming.

That 'Surviving', their tenth studio album, should be released with such little hype surrounding it shouldn’t be a testament to the band’s popularity, more the fact they simply don’t need to rely on a media circus. Indeed, their back catalogue certainly warrants such confidence, but perhaps more importantly, their new material still speaks volumes as well.

At their core, Jimmy Eat World are an emo band in the (almost) truest sense of the word. And 'Surviving' certainly feels like an emo album. It’s personal yet resonates massively, it’s introspective while harbouring bombast in equal measure.

It succeeds in bringing a 90s aesthetic kicking and screaming in to the 21st century, shedding the nostalgia in favour of contemporary pop pomp, all delivered with Jim Adkins’ trademark optimism and heart-on-sleeve lyricism.