Jimmy Eat World
A music video without the video? Well, sort of. Mesa, Arizona's Jimmy Eat World's "DVD EP" is a decidedly mixed bag, what with four audio-only selections (with static photo images) filling out a lineup that also contains three conventional videos and one concert performance with visuals. Included are six selections fromBleed American, the band's 2001 CD, including two versions of the title song; that and the other tunes (including a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas") effectively capture the quartet's punchy, powerful, and catchy hard rock sound. What this package mostly appears to be--because, in fact, that's precisely what it is--is a preview/promo for Jimmy Eat World's full-length DVD package,Believe In What You Want. As such, it's a reasonably entertaining but hardly essential purchase.--Sam Graham