Emerging as a trailblazing name in the mid-’90s emo scene, Jimmy Eat World eventually found a larger audience by embracing a blend of alternative rock and power pop that targeted the heart as well as the head. The band’s influence widened considerably with 1999’s “Clarity,” an album that has since emerged as a landmark of the emo genre, but it was the follow-up, 2001’s “Bleed American,” and the infectious single “The Middle” that broke them into the commercial rock mainstream. The emo label proved difficult to shake throughout the 2000s, even when subsequent Top Ten albums “Futures” and “Chase This Light” did little to evoke the hard-edged sensitivity of “Clarity,” but Jimmy Eat World still remained a league above the generation of genre torchbearers they helped spawn.

Settling into comfortable veteran status in the 2010s, the band continued to issue reliable Top 20 efforts, rounding out the decade with their tenth album, 2019’s “Surviving”. This summer, Jimmy Eat World return to Hayden Homes Amphitheater for the 25 Years of Bleed American Tour. They’re playing the whole album front to back, plus all the deep cuts and anthems that got us through everything. If you’ve been listening since the beginning or are just discovering them, this will be the emo show of your summer!

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