On Invented, Jimmy Eat World, now 16 years into their career, sounds like they’ve started to outgrow emo.
The splendidly odd Neko Case has the looks of a pin-up girl and the voice of an “American Idol” champion.
Chase This Light is also a return to form for the band in terms of their ingratiating power-pop.
The album is filled with radio-ready pop songs that are so slick and overproduced that the personality is virtually polished right off.
Last night, the Irving Plaza floor both brewed with anticipation and stewed with “what-if-they-don’t-play-any-old-stuff?” anxiety.
The way the album touches the skin is more paperback than hardcover and singer Jim Adkins’s voice is more seductive and confident than before.