Jimmy Eat World return at last with their seventh album that is well worth a listen. 2007 found Jimmy Eat World in a bit of a different light with a lot of pop jams on album Chase This Light. Select tracks on Invented still go somewhat in that direction however this album also combines a taste of the killer album Bleed American into the mix. Don't expect anything as rip-roaring as title-track from that album as the band has taken a much more pop-punk direction this album. This somewhat return to roots can probably be attributed to producer Mark Trombino who previously produced their platinum-selling Bleed American album (as well as 1996's Static Prevails and 1999's Clarity). Trombino has done a great job of capturing the band's trademark sound even making the acoustic guitar on opening track "Heart Is Hard To Find" seem as if it was right there in the room with you; it is crisp and wonderfully backed by handclaps. Overall, Invented is an album of catchy guitar hooks, mega singalong choruses and harmonies. The boys can still rock pretty hard as first single off the album "My Best Theory" is highly catchy right from the opening riff (I find myself whistling it quite a bit as of late.) Track "Action Needs An Audience", which comes across as pure arena rock features original lead singer Tom Linton for the first time on a Jimmy Eat World album in a decade. A little bit of the band's emo still creeps onto this album featuring heavily on tracks like "Invented" (which picks it up towards the end) as well as 6 and a half minute closer "Mixtape". The fact that these guys still play some emo music can be a little hard to stomach as they are now reaching their late 30s. This album is very well polished, perhaps even too well polished as purists will be searching for that rough around the edges sound Jimmy Eat World began with.
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