“The hiatus helped them all kind of figure themselves out”, he explained in 2013. “Especially Joe and Patrick, who were so young. And Pete is a million times better.”
Bassist Adam Russell and guitarist Ryan Phillips set out to make a movie about rise and fall of the music industry and where it stands today called “Who Killed (Or Saved!) The Music Industry”. Funded by Kickstarter , they were filming in 2013.
On March 15, 2013, the band released an EP titled Et Tu, Brute? . The EP was produced by David Bendeth (producer of Don’t You Fake It ). Prior to its release, the band released two of the songs on their page.
The release of Damage also signifies the cessation of Jimmy Eat World’s independent era, as the band signed a recording contract with the Toronto-based record label Dine Alone Records. RCA Records released the eighth album in the US on April 4, 2013 and internationally April 11, 2013. The album was…
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On October 11, 2013, the band revealed their fourth studio album, titled 4 , was ‘coming soon’ via their Facebook page. They also revealed that David Bendeth would be producing the LP. Three days later, again through Facebook, the band announced Matt Carter was returning to the band and would…
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When the countdown reached zero, a song titled “Violence (Enough Is Enough)” was released.
On December 3, the band released a countdown on their website, counting down to December 21.
The band released two songs each month for five months from the Conventional Weapons sessions , starting in October 2012
According to the October 2012 issue of Q Magazine , Frank Iero reported early sessions for MCR’s next album with the new drummer Jarrod Alexander were progressing well.
Despite Gilbert stating in mid-October that the album might be finished within a week