band, who had been extensively rehearsing in-studio, performed a rehearsal live online on February 12, 2009. They also released Clarity Live, a download-only recording of the tour's finale in Tempe that was released on April 7, 2009. The band performed their fourth studio album Bleed American (2001) and Clarity in their entirety in two shows in the UK in June 2011. In 2013, an EP called iTunes Sessions, which includes performances of "Goodbye Sky Harbor" and "For Me This Is Heaven", was released. In 2014, Clarity, along with Static Prevails and their fifth studio album Futures (2004), was reissued on vinyl. In 2021, the band performed the album in its entirety again, alongside tenth studio album Surviving (2019) and Futures, under the title Phoenix Sessions. Contemporary reception Clarity was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Mark Vanderhoff stated Clarity "mixes introspective balladry with power-chord punk rock, elements of chamber pop, and subtle doses of electronica to create a remarkably unique album". North County Times staff writer Stephen Rubin said Jimmy Eat World "deliver razor-sharp hooks and powerful melodies by draping infinite textures over a few simple chords", and that the "compelling guitar structures" of the title track help dissociate Jimmy Eat World "from the blink-182s of the world". Jan Schwarzkamp of Ox-Fanzine praised Clarity as a "howling beautiful milestone" that is "one of the most important albums in recent [times ... or] the finest that the emocore genre has to offer", and said the range of instrumentation on the album is "almost inexhaustible" without giving "the impression of overload". RTÉ's Harry Guerin described the album as a "dense, beautiful collection which sees them bring in orchestras, drum loops and programming and find space for killer choruses, ballads and left field forays. The shortest song is under three minutes, the longest over 16 and the more you listen to all of them the more you'll wonder why this masterpiece wasn't massive." Amy Sciarretto of CMJ New Music Report noted the album's "prevailing mood is downcast", though Jimmy Eat World's performance is "striking enough to make you throw down that proverbial razor blade". Sciarretto added the album is powered by "tinny, clangy guitar riffs", and that it is "excessively dynamic, yet it's also a bit too tame". Nude as the News co-founder Jonathan Cohen said that while it had a "few pretty solid rock songs", there was "simply