Live Gig Music Hall - Cologne
Jimmy Eat World and Rival Schools
(Nov/13/2013) JIMMY EAT WORLD‘s show at Rock am Ring 2008 was one of the
best ones of that year‘s festival. Unfortunatly I never saw
this band again. This may be caused by the poop
“Invented“, which the band released in 2010. But
this year‘s “Damage“ is one of the
band‘s best records. It‘s not a return to their
emo-roots, but there are some parts that remind me of the
band‘s classic records “Clarity“ and
“Bleed American“. So this tour is a must-see for
every fan of the alt rockers.
RIVAL SCHOOLS are the support act for this tour. A band which gained
some public interest back in the late 90‘s/early
00‘s because their sound was part of the emo-boom of that
time. To be honest: I never liked them and I never will. The
performance is more than boring. It‘s just four musicans
standing on stage and playing their indie-rock. Somehow it‘s
impressive how this band seems have written no hookline ever.
It‘s like a survival test of how long you can stand to listen
to their music before leaving the venue to stand outside in the cold.
This is what some people really prefer. I guess, RIVAL SCHOOLS is a
band you either love or hate. There is no room inbetween these
extremes.
They should have a close look at JIMMY EAT WORLD. Same
scene-background, same minimalistic show. There is no intro or
something. The foursome (plus an additional live-keyboarder) enter the
stage, say hello and start with ‘I Will Steal You
Back‘, which they fuck up, so they just start again. The band
hardly makes any energetic stagemoves or something, they just perform,
but in comparrison to RIVAL SCHOOLS this band has the songs to do so.
They don‘t need much more than their own songs to fascinate
the audience.
The setlist is a great mix of almost all the band‘s records.
Only the debut “Static Prevails“ and
“Stay On My Side Tonight“ EP aren‘t
represented in the 24 song strong list. But people get new songs such
as ‘Big Casino‘, ‘Damage‘ or
‘My Best Theory‘ and of course classics like the
ones of ‘Lucky Denver Mint‘, ‘Hear You
Me‘, ‘The Sweetness‘,
‘Pain‘, ‘Futures‘,
‘Blister‘ and of course ‘Bleed
American‘ and ‘The Middle‘. And the Live
Music Hall‘s sound is good as well, so you can enjoy these
anthems even more.
‘Bleed American‘ closes the set, but of course
there is an encore following. ‘Chase This Light‘
kicks in, but I would have prefered another
“Clarity“-song. ’23‘ and
‘The Middle‘ end JIMMY EAT WORLD great 90 minute
performance. Nobody leaves the venue with any regret to took part at
this show. The band was more than solid rock tonight and did one hell
of a good job. They even topped their toppig Rock am Ring 2008
performance. Let‘s hope they don‘t wait that long
to return to Europe.