ARTIST: Jeremy Enigk
TITLE: The Missing Link
LABEL: 567/Lewis Hollow Recordings
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 177kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 34m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-08-21
RIP DATE: 2007-08-21
Track List
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1. Oh John 3:45
2. Chewing Gum 4:35
3. Tatseo Show 2:34
4. On The Wayside 4:06
5. River To Sea 3:22
6. Been Here Before 4:09
7. Canons 4:00
8. Dare A Smile 2:56
9. World Waits 5:05
Release Notes:
EnigkÆs biggest claim to fame is his involvement with emo rock band Sunny Day
Real Estate, who released five albums from 1993 to 2000, in which he served as
lead singer, co-songwriter and guitarist. He was often cited as progenitors of
todayÆs emo music. This singing style is now widespread among current emo
vocalists, though Enigk has sought to distance himself from these types of
bands. Jeremy Enigk returns with the quick follow up to last years highly
acclaimed World Waits called The Missing Link which features brand new material
along with acoustic version from World Waits.
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Jeremy Enigk first emerged as the frontman of the highly touted Seattle band
Sunny Day Real Estate, which issued their Sub Pop debut, Diary, in 1994. In the
midst of recording the group's sophomore effort, Enigk underwent a radical
spiritual transformation and left the group; although he later returned to
complete LP2, Sunny Day Real Estate nonetheless dissolved, leaving bassist Nate
Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith to join Dave Grohl in the Foo Fighters.
Initially, Enigk retired from the music industry, but he soon picked up his
guitar and began writing new songs, and his solo debut, The Return of the Frog
Queen, a collection bypassing the primal furor of Sunny Day Real Estate's
emocore for a lush, orchestral pop sound, appeared in 1996. His days as a lead
singer were not over, however, and the next year the band, minus Mendel,
reunited and released How It Feel to Be Something On in 1998, followed by The
Rising Tide in 2000. Unfortunately, due to label problems, the record, which
would turn out to be the group's last, was never promoted well, and in June 2001
Sunny Day Real Estate officially split up. Just a few months later, however,
Enigk came back together with Goldsmith and Mendel to form the Fire Theft, which
issued a self-titled album in 2003. Finally, ten years after The Return of the
Frog Queen had hit shelves, Enigk released his second solo record, World Waits,
this time taking a much more mainstream rock approach to his songs. In August
2007, less than 12 months since his last full-length came out, Enigk issued a
short album (with four new tracks and five live in-studio performances of songs
off World Waits), Missing Link.