JIMMY EAT WORLD "Futures" (click album cover for review)

Review by: Matt Browne

The Singer of this band was quoted as saying that if you didn't like the opening track of futures, then give up because you won't like the rest of the album. That being said, Futures, the latest offering from JEW doesn't offer much variety, but it does offer some good ideas and some solid rock songs. Many of the songs contain some looped beats or driving simple three note melodies that create the backbone of the pieces. Not to say that Futures is by any mean simple, but rather uncomplicated. Everything on Futures makes sense. On their new record, it seems like Jimmy Eat World ironed out all the eccentricities, and put out a record of smooth, well-oiled rock and roll.