We read that he was in the creative process really early on, which you don't normally do, so how did that happen, and what did it add to the process of putting the album together? Yeah, I guess the ideas were a little bit more flushed out. So yeah that was something that we’d never done before.
‘Pass the Baby' builds throughout the song to an explosive end, so can you tell us a bit about how that song came together? That was one of the older songs from the record, that was in the first demo state, from like 2006. The basic part of the song was there, the verse, the middle part wasn’t. I think Jim had an idea of going into something totally crazy for the ending part. But that was something we kind of figured out in the studio. We just messed around with it, and just added all of these layers to it. The end part is, I think, the heaviest thing we’ve ever done.
I want to go back to 'Invented' here, you put vocals together for 'Action Needs an Audience', which is the first time you've done so in eleven years, so what was it like to take on lead vocals once more, and can you tell us a bit about how the song came together? There are always a couple of songs on the record, where there’s music that gets left over, that Jim can’t finish, or he has so many other things that he has to work on, and write vocals for. So that was one that was sitting around for a while. I just really liked the riff, and it was a good rock song. I just started messing with it, and that’s just how it came about.
So how did you get to the album title 'Integrity Blues', and what does it mean to you? We have a habit of using a name of a song that defined the record. For me it links into what I was saying earlier, about getting rid of expectations that people put on you. Living in the moment, and doing what you want to with your life.
'Chase This Light' will be ten years old next year, so can you tell us about what it was like to make the album, as well as what it's like to still play songs live from it now? It seems like with ‘Chase This Light’, on this tour people are wanting to hear songs from that album more than they ever really wanted to in the past. I don’t know why, but it’s cool. That was another record that was fun to make.
Final question, what else can we expect to see from Jimmy Eat World as we head towards 2017? We’ll be hitting the road all the way up until this time next year, maybe longer. Hopefully we’ll come back here in the summer and play festivals. Reading & Leeds Festival! So yeah, just a lot of touring. It’s good to have a new record out as well, we’re still having fun, and people are showing up to our shows. It’s all good.