Best EP of the year.

Three new tracks (possibly better than everything on Futures, definitely continuing in the darker vein) with names pointing to the Cure ("Disintigration") and Joy Division ("Closer"). A great cover of Eliott Smith's "Half Right" and a remix by Styrofoam, whom I like ALOT.

I find Jimmy Eat World fascinating. Clarity was such a tremendous album both well constructed and melodic. Bleed American was bitterly poppy at face value but has some really great songs hiding behind the singles. And Futures... it's quite a transistion from Bleed American. They could have easily put out an even poppier album after their insane amount of success but they did just the opposite releasing a very mature and detailed album. "23" is such a great song. And this relatively new EP is just amazing. The layers are richer, the hooks are less abundant and the musicianship just keeps getting better. If this is the direction they are heading... I like it alot.

Thanks for the tip! I love these guys for the exact same reasons you listed. Clarity is an all-time fave.

"Clarity was such a tremendous album both well constructed and melodic"

i agree completely.....i find the ep so-so though. hell, pretty much after calrity everything they have put out has been so-so

i do like the format's full length alot though (JEW hooked them up)

i'll check it out

I still really enjoy Jimmy Eat World. The Drugs remix was decent. I saw them live in November at a small venue and they bored me though. When I used to see them they'd play stuff off Static and Clarity, which was awesome, but now it was just a lot of Futures stuff.

Worst band name ever.



I'd be interested to hear the Styrofoam remix though.