Jeremy Enigk new album

The last time Jeremy Enigk, the singer and songwriter for emocore pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft, released a solo album, Dolly was being cloned and The Ramones were about to play their last gig. It's been a while.

Jeremy Enigk grew up in the industrial and military town of Everett, Washington about a half-hour North of Seattle. When his family moved to the Seattle suburb of Redmond everything changed. At age 15 he met his future bandmate in Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft, drummer William Goldsmith. Goldsmith and bassist Nate Mendel opened the curtain on punk rock for Enigk and the rest is emo history. Between 1994 and 1999 Sunny Day Real Estate would release 4 albums for Sub Pop Records; a final disc for the Time label came out in 2000. In 2003, Enigk re-teamed with Goldsmith and Mendel to form The Fire Theft and recorded a self-titled album on Rykodisk (Shortly into Sunny Day's career, the rhythm section of William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel also signed on to play with Dave Grohl in Foo Fighters).
While the Fire Theft project is currently on hold, the trio still considers themselves a band.

Jeremy Enigk's 1996 album 'Return of the Frog Queen' earned Enigk raves from critics and fans alike for its lush pop orchestration and enigmatic lyrics. Since then he's put out three more discs with Sunny Day Real Estate plus The Fire Theft's debut. But now he's back with 'World Waits' to pick up where he left off a decade ago. And he starts, appropriately enough with a triumphant track called 'A New Beginning'.

If 'World Waits' has more rock and less chamber texture than its predecessor, they both share a timelessness in sound that has roots in Enigk's lifelong love for The Beatles, The Who and vintage U2. Enigk co-produced 'World Waits' with Josh Myers, who has arranged strings for artists ranging from indie songwriter Rosie Thomas to pop singer Mandy Moore. While Enigk primarily handled guitar and vocals on the album, he also contributed bass, drums and keyboards to various songs. Drummer Kaanan Tupper, bassist Nick Macri and guitarist Greg Saran round out the album's primary players.

'World Waits' will be released in the UK on November 27th 06.

The world of Enigk's famously diehard fans has been waiting 10 years for his new album. Enigk and his fans alike are thrilled the wait is over.document.write(unescape("