Jim Adkins will be playing Motorco Music Hall next Wednesday with local openers Museum Mouth. Jim Adkins is the lead singer of Jimmy Eat World, but this summer he is on a solo acoustic tour where he plays cover songs, Jimmy Eat World songs and new solo material. I’m interested to hear how pop radio hits translate through a single person on a stage, and I’m interested to hear some of the band’s early material — especially from their album “Clarity” which is introspective and uplifting. It’s a personal favorite of mine, and I usually consider is to be an anomaly when compared to the rest Jimmy Eat World’s catalog. Although yes, I do love “The Middle.”

Museum Mouth is a North Carolina punk/emo band that received a fair amount of praise and attention on the blogosphere for their 2014 album “Alex I Am Nothing.” It’s really cool to see a band grow from modest roots and devote themselves to making their band work. That’s something Museum Mouth has clearly done and will continue to do. Currently, they’re writing material for their next album to be released on Rory Records, a record label run by Max Bemis of Say Anything. Museum Mouth’s new label-mates include Saves the Day and Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids. Don’t sleep. This local band has got a bright future.

You can catch both artists on July 8th at Motorco Music Hall in Durham with a start time of 8:00 p.m.

See when Museum Mouth preformed on WKNC’s the Lounge.

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