Futures and Surviving receive the colored vinyl treatment on limited edition LP
This is a celebratory year for the acclaimed alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World as it gears up for the 20th anniversary of their gold-certified fifth studio album, Futures, and the fifth anniversary of their tenth studio album, Surviving.
To commemorate, and close out their three-chapter series, the Arizona quartet has made Futures: Phoenix Sessions (Chapter V) and Surviving: Phoenix Sessions (Chapter X) available on vinyl for the first time. The albums were self-produced by Jimmy Eat World and impeccably mixed by Jim Adkins with both being made available this fall via the band’s Exotic Location Recordings imprint.
Both limited edition releases were recorded live as part of their 2021 Phoenix Sessions, a partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents on a unique global streaming performance series filmed at the Icehouse in Phoenix.
When discussing the recording process for Futures, the band explains it was “our darkest album and was the hardest for us to make. Futures was the first record we made where we didn’t feel like we were making it anonymously.” (Futures arrived three years after their breakthrough, the platinum-certified Bleed American, which contained the enduring hit “The Middle.”)
Despite Futures “being a super challenging record to make,” they add, “we pushed through and ended up with an album we are super proud of to this day. Being able to reimagine it as a live recording so many years later for the Phoenix Sessions was an amazing experience, and we hope you enjoy reliving it again as much as we did.”
The Futures: Phoenix Sessions 2 LP set will be on hand-poured blizzard-colored vinyl, and its gatefold package comes with exclusive photos by Steve Thrasher, notes from the band, and an exclusive 20th anniversary etching on side D.
The Surviving: Phoenix Sessions LP will be pressed on Fade to Black colored vinyl with an insert with behind-the-scenes photos by Steve Thrasher.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Clarity, in February 2024 the band released Clarity: Phoenix Sessions (Chapter III), a limited edition two-LP pressed on sunkissed colored vinyl.
Jimmy Eat World’s only hometown show of 2024 sees the band performing Futures in its entirety on October 17th at The Van Buren in Phoenix. Tickets to this one-night-only event will be available beginning this coming Friday, August 16th at 10 am local time.
