Jimmy Eat World are profiled on NME talking about the upcoming Bleed American shows:
“It is commerce, it is disposable, it might feel good for a minute for sure, but is that really it? Is that really going to do it? There’s a healthy place to put that kind of solution, but it doesn’t arrive without some work,” he told NME. “‘Bleed American’ the song is about self-medication, ‘The Middle’ is about the completely unsustainable fuel of validation to power your self worth, it runs throughout the record there.