The final track on Surviving features the most exciting riff on this whole album. If you’re a sucker for an emo rock ballad, bump this on your playlist. ‘Recommit’ jumps on that slow, rock style and gives you a sense of reflection about… life. Like all the great early 2000’s pop/punk bands, they all must grow up eventually and Jimmy Eat World is no exception. I have a pretty strong feeling that this song is going to be enjoyed by the masses as the band’s next underrated hit. ‘Love Never’ feels and sounds like that nostalgic emo-rock era we will never grow out of. The gritty guitars on ‘Diamond’ continue that blues-country rock vibe throughout Surviving, and it’s songs like this that convince you that Jimmy Eat World still have the ability to write iconic rock choruses. At first listen, ‘All The Way (Stay)’ sounds like a real cheesy tune you’d hear in an outback pub ( note: this is going on my roadtrip playlist, for sure), but the more you listen to it, the more you start to hear Jimmy Eat World’s former pop/punk selves (whilst also realising that daaamn, I am/these guys are old AF now) and eventually feel your feet tapping to the beat. The band’s leading single for this album definitely threw me off a little. ‘One Mil’ begins with just a guitar and frontman Jim Adkins, then pumps straight into rockier riff territory that sounds catchy as fuck and is one of their most enjoyable tunes on this album. I’m not opposed to this at all, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this song got mainstream radio airplay today, or even the track following this one. In contrast, ‘555’ sees the band venture into experimental pop territory and it feels very One Republic. ‘Delivery’ gave me some strong country feels, which I’m not really a huge fan on, but after a few more listens it also threw me back to 90’s pop/rock nostalgia eg. I don’t know about you, but this song is pretty groovy, it’s probably my new favourite JEW song and makes me wanna throw my rock hands up.
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‘Criminal Energy’ is a fast-paced tune that’s full of punk rock energy similar to that of Bleed American.
With lyrics like “in a lot of ways you’re still that lost kid / yeah, you can still survive”, it’ll put you in the most uplifting of spirits by the end of those guitar riffs. Surviving begins with the title track of the album, and it’s a soaring stadium rock tune about growing up and “surviving” life. On their 10th release, Surviving, Jimmy Eat World are here to tell you that they’ve grown up (like we all have), in some ways musically, but they’re also here to show us that they can still write huge rock choruses to inspire a new generation.
So it’s no wonder we still hear songs like ‘Sweetness’ and ‘The Middle’ as a staple track in our favourite music venue.
It’s hard to believe that Jimmy Eat World have released their 10th studio album, when the majority of us can only remember their fourth release, 2001’s Bleed American which fell right in the era where pop/punk was about to peak. Jimmy Eat World – Surviving Released: October 18th 2019