If you go
› What: Jimmy Eat World featuring AJJ.› When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7.› Where: Track 29, 1400 Market St.› Admission: $27 in advance, $30 day of.› Phone: 423-521-2929.› Website: www.track29.co.› Note: Anyone 13-17 must be accompanied by parent or guardian 21 or older.
Jimmy Eat WorldIt can be a risky thing for a band to take a lengthy break. It’s riskier still to come back and honestly ask, “Should we even make a new record? Do our fans want a new record?”
But that is exactly what the guys in Jimmy Eat World did. The alt-rock quartet best known for the 2001 smash hit “The Middle” decided they had more music in them and that they wanted to make it together. Fans and critics are happy they did. “Integrity Blues,” their ninth album together, has sold well, gotten good reviews and delivered a Top 10 Alternative hit in “Sure and Certain.”
Some have called “Integrity Blues” the alt-rock quartet’s most personal record to date.
“Before we made this record, we’d taken a year off for the first time ever,” says drummer Zach Lind.