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World Waits

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Jeremy Enigk

 
World Waits

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  • We Say...

    World Waits, the shockingly straight new album from Jeremy Enigk, is the first record from the former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman in more than ten years. Time has clearly softened Enigk's edges, the jagged quirks that made Return of the Frog Queen such an idiosyncratic landmark now dulled to singer-songwriter acoustic guitars in opposition to all that SDRE's Diary stood for. But still, there are flashes of the Enigk of old — particularly an emotional rawness unique to him — and his loyal followers will find plenty to love.

  • They Say...

    A decade passed since Jeremy Enigk, lead singer of Sunny Day Real Estate and the Fire Theft, released his last solo album, Return of the Frog Queen. And in ten years it's natural, expected, desired even, that one will mature, that one's musical tastes and influences may expand or change, so it's not so strange that Enigk's sophomore record is not an exact copy of his debut. What is strange, however, is how different it actually is. While Return of the Frog Queen was chamber pop and struck acoustic chords, World Waits is soft arpeggioed electric guitars, sweeping violins, and droning keyboards. Enigk sounds like a mixture of Peter Gabriel, U2, Sarah McLachlan, and a little bit of Elf Power.

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