The result of Jimmy Eat World’s go-for-broke efforts was Clarity, a sweeping epic of an album that fused textured orchestral compositions with whimsical rock arrangements. Its opener, “Table for Glasses,” was a slow burner that flooded open midway through with a thundering boom of Lind’s concert bass drum. From there, the band seamlessly weaved together the fully realized version of a driving rock sound they’d been chasing for three years with delicate string sections and twinkling bells. Its final track, “Goodbye Sky Harbor,” was a looping, sixteen-minute sendoff full of references to John
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