Inside scoop on our new album 'Chase This Light'

We, the members of Jimmy Eat World, would like to share with you what it took to craft and create our new album 'Chase This Light.' Here's what each song means to us and we hope you enjoy the album:

1. Big Casino
A loser anthem. Song about disgruntled burn-out dreams of success and what they would do with it.

2. Let It Happen
Always wanted to write an “I ain’t missing you”-- feigning strength as a defense song.

3. Like She'll Always Be
Song about co-dependency; vunerability exploited.

4. Carry You
With distance and time, it becomes easier to invent qualities that may not have existed in a relationship. And to falsely believe those qualities could be included in a current version of the relationship.

5. Electable (Give It Up)
Frustration with the lack of intelligent political discourse in America. Why is attempting to polarize such an effective distraction from accountability?

6. Gotta Be Somebody’s Blues
A song about apathy. Oppression is an abstraction and though of assomeone else’s problem… until it’s you that finds yourself defending your rights.

7. Feeling Lucky
A bar brawl song. Another loser anthem.

8. Here It Goes
Know what is truly important to you. Don’t lose sight of that in the face of opportunity OR in the face of desperation.

9. Chase This Light
Becoming self-aware in the middle of a special experience. The “chase” is trying to find that feeling of discovery.

10. Firefight
Because it is new, everything is a big deal.

11. Dizzy
Unspoken awkwardness when two people are faced with their past.

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Comments (11)

	emotheheaven: 10/05/2007 5:00 PM i think this will be the best album!
	linkinpark777: 10/06/2007 5:22 AM omg i love this band =) their album will rock the world
	mjcharlotte: 10/06/2007 10:06 AM 2007 is definitely a good music year!
	honorata: 10/06/2007 1:54 PM yeah!!!
	kathrinerulesatlife: 10/06/2007 2:05 PM well worth the wait i can't wait to hold it in my hands :)
	oops.: 10/06/2007 3:26 PM i luv these guys. its kinda weird; a few weeks ago i was trying to find out who sang "in the middle". when i saw that jimmy eats world sang it, i was omg theyre that band that was one the most played on rhapsody! theyre getting big again, exactly at the time i thought i could listen to their old stuff w/out anyone remembering who they were. haha o wellll
	Sarge333: 10/08/2007 11:31 AM It's ok... not as good as Futures IMO.
	cool brag: 10/08/2007 6:25 PM haha, does big casino intentionally have seeming springsteen references?
	Scott: 10/09/2007 8:23 AM What is wetzworshipper talking about? "The Middle" -- old stuff? You may want to look up the Wikipedia article on Jimmy Eat World. As for Chase the Light, I enjoy the album. It's more concise than Bleed American and Futures, but it feels stuck in gear for the most part. There's no breakout songs like a "The World You Love," "Lucky Denver Mint," or the aformentioned hit single "The Middle." When I first heard this album a month ago I was really dissapointed, but it has grown on me a bit.
	youhavekilledme: 10/19/2007 5:36 AM Just got a copy, i'm only 5 songs in and i am already completely crushed-out on it... by the last track i may be in love x
	imsoexcitedicouldconsumearhino: 11/11/2007 2:30 PM I Love The Chorus On The Song "Let It Happen" Its Really Powerful and Strong :) I Think I'm In Love With The Whole Record =]