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Those who have kept up with this blog should have known that it would be only a matter of time before I reviewed Jimmy Eat World’s last, for now, CD. Futures was released right around the time I was about to embark onto college from high school and to this day it has proved to be a perfect CD for this transition. While some of the fun and upbeat tunes from Bleed American are gone, there are clear signs that the band is maturing as their music takes on tougher issues.

Two good examples of Jimmy’s “issue songs” are “Pain” and “Drugs or Me.” The topics covered in these tracks are obvious and pointed out from the titles of the two tracks. For the most part, these details are irrelevant. The important thing is that the songs deliver and really make listeners feel for whoever is suffering from the problems described in the songs. Jimmy Eat World has always been good at relying emotion, and here they finally put that skill to good use.

Those two songs aside, the one other track I really want to talk about is the finale of the album. “23″ is by far my favorite song from Futures. In fact, it may just be my favorite song by this band out of any of their current CDs. The fact that Jimmy is able to take a seven minute song and make the entire song sound and work great is good enough on it’s own, but the vocals and instrumentals are top-notch and a sign of the best of the band. If there is one song you download and listen to from this CD, make it “23.”

All that said, this is a good solid from start to finish. All of the songs have good appeal and this is a terrific follow-up to Bleed American. If Chase This Light can be as good as this CD and it’s predecessor, it will be great by my standards.

Grade - A - Maybe I am a little biased, again, but so what? I am a big J.E.W. fan and am not afraid to show it. This is a great CD and one of my favorites to listen to since it came out.

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