Taking back the airwaves: New TBS track leaked...

BACK FOR GOOD? Adam Lazzara,John Nolan, Shaun Cooper, Eddie Reyes and Mark O'Connell (Pic: takingbacksunday.com)

You may remember earlier this year when I wrote a post about the reforming of emo kings Taking Back Sunday and my apprehension over whether the eagerly awaited comeback album would ever compare with the band's debut Tell All Your Friends.

Although the new record isn't due out until some point next year, vocalist Adam Lazzara has given us a sneaky peak by uploading a demo of one of the tracks – bizarrely titled 'Best Places to Be a Mom' – to his sound cloud page.

  Best Places To Be A Mom by adamdamnlazzara 

Jimmy Gets Old: Invented album review

The obligatory, over-used apology of the not-so-seasoned blogger "it's been a while" tarnishes the screen once more as I begin yet another entry that follows the previous one by at least 2 months. After the last, overly political essay, I thought I'd take this one back to basics with a simple CD review to try and tempt readers back in at a nice accessible level.

The CD in question is the latest release by one of my favourite bands, and one who I’ve gone on record as saying cannot write a bad album. Don’t worry, you won’t get the massive shock of Steve Anderson eating his words here (a very rare event), but I am afraid to say that seeming emo-pop untouchables Jimmy Eat World’s new album Invented (Interscope, released 28.09.10), for me, doesn’t quite cut the mustard in the way some of its predecessors did.

For me, JEW’s musical timeline has seen the Arizona boys go from strength to strength, with an exponential melodic growth between each release, driving the albums forward to poppier and more singalong-laden territory in more recent years. Granted, there was usually the odd track on each record that you couldn’t help feeling was a bit of a filler, but on the whole you could guarantee a quality feel-good, play-loud, experience when blasting out a new JEW album for the first time.