Jeremy Enigk - Vale Oso

Third solo album by Jeremy Enigk, Sunny Day Real Estate's and The Fire Theft's frontman (on Subpop, TimeBomb and RykoDisc). Produced by Santi Garcia and Ricky Falkner at Ultramarinos Costa Brava studios. His most "rock-sounding" album since "The Rising Tide" a comeback to the Sunny Day Real sound. In the nineties, Jeremy Enigk’s on-again off-again relationship with Sunny Day Real Estate (and the short lived The Fire Theft) cast him as a sort of enigmatic emo-rock icon. Overused genre classifications and debatable. Perceptions aside, there’s a depth to Enigk’s work that confirms his undeniable musical contribution. Bear offers a sense of intimacy through song immediacy. “Restart” is a straight-ahead, jangle-y, radio friendly pop gem where the tracks “In A Look” and “Same Side Imaginary” create a perfectly lazy and pensive ambience for Saturday mornings in a swinging, 6/8 time signature. The bulk of the songs clock in at about three minutes with simple verse chorus construction but the mood and melodies leave a lasting impression in that classic Enigk way. Rather than risking over polishing with production by spending months in the studio, Enigk came to the OK Bear sessions ready to track with a mere handful of song sketches. “The songs sound as if they were rehearsed a million times, due to the prolific quality of the players on the record. I may have not thought too hard about the songs,” Enigk admits “but they certainly did.”

Tracklist: 1. Mind Idea 2. Late of Camera 3. April Storm 4. Life’s Too Short 5. Just a State of Mind 6. In a Look 7. Sandwich Time 8. Same Side Imaginary 9. Restart 10. Make Believe 11. Vale Oso 12. Sant Feliu de Guíxols.

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