Jimmy Eat World's 'Futures' and 'Surviving' slated for fall LP reimagined reissues

Alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World is gearing up for the 20th anniversary of the gold-certified fifth studio album, Futures (2004 / Interscope Records), and the 5th anniversary of their 10th studio album, Surviving (2019 / RCA Records).

To commemorate, and to 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 mixed by Jim Adkins with both being made available this fall via the band’s Exotic Location Recordings imprint and can be pre-ordered through the band's webstore (here). They are scheduled for October.

Both limited-edition releases were recorded live as part of their 2021 Phoenix Sessions, a partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents on a global streaming performance series filmed at the Icehouse in Phoenix, AZ. (watch here)

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 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, and it includes an insert with behind-the-scenes photos by Steve Thrasher.

To mark the 25th anniversary of Clarity (1999 / Capitol), in February 2024 the band released Clarity: Phoenix Sessions (Chapter III), a limited-edition two-LP pressed on sunkissed colored vinyl. For those looking to order all three chapters, you can now do so here.

Jimmy Eat World’s only hometown show of 2024 sees the band performing Futures in its entirety on October 17 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ. Tickets to this one-night-only event will be available beginning this coming Friday, August 16, at 10 a.m. local time at LiveNation.com.

Tickets to all tour dates can be found at JimmyEatWorld.com.

‘FUTURES: PHOENIX SESSIONS’
2-LP LIMITED-EDITION, HAND POURED BLIZZARD COLOR EFFECT VINYL

1. Futures
2. Just Tonight
3. Work
4. Kill
5. The World You Love
6. Pain
7. Drugs or Me
8. Polaris
9. Nothing Wrong
10. Night Drive
11. 23

‘SURVIVING: PHOENIX SESSIONS’

SINGLE LP LIMITED-EDITION ON FADE TO BLACK COLORED VINYL

1. Surviving

2. Criminal Energy
3. Delivery
4. 555
5. One Mil
6. All the Way (Stay)
7. Diamond
8. Love Never
9. Recommit
10. Congratulations