out this week

In response to Brendan Uriem's comment ("Emo is bullshit. We want to be the new Radiohead.")... probably one of the funniest quotes of the year, go pick up World Waits by Jeremy Enigk - one of the most significant songwriters of the 90s. Enigk, along with Blake Schwartzenbach are the fathers of modern emo... they lay down the blueprint for the next generation of emo music. I posted the entire album back while I was in Japan, that means you had about three months now to listen (and hopefully by now, is in love) with World Waits... so go support one of the most important men in indie music history.

Been Here Before
River To Sea
City Tonight
Damien Dreams
Wayward Love
World Waits
***files have expired, reload upon request

go buy World Waits here

i can't wait

I just got back from Hiroshima and I am beyond exhausted... but I told myself I would post this as soon as I’m back in Osaka. Below, you will find link to one of my most anticipated albums of this year: Jeremy fucking Enigk's new record, World Waits! Put this album on you pod, or whatever portable music player you have, and listen to it while you take a walk through the brightest city nights... enjoy!!

1. A New Beginning
2. Been Here Before
3. River To Sea
4. City Tonight
5. Cannons
6. Damien Dreams
7. Wayward Love
8. Dare A Smile
9. World Waits
10. Burn
***all files have expired, reload upon request

World Waits comes out on October 17, go buy it!

jeremy enigk of sunny day recording new solo album... i'm so stoked!!

soruce from www.punknews.org
Jeremy Enigk has announced the impending release of his first solo album in 10 years. The former Sunny Day Real Estate frontman started recording for the album late last year, working with his co-producer Josh Meyers. The recording is expected to wrap up at the end of February with Enigk will be manning the guitar, keyboards and bass for the album while being assisted by several other musicians and a string section. The sound of the album is hinted at being "similar to, but not quite as explosive, as the lush orchestral sounds of Return of the Frog Queen," his last solo outing.

So, you may ask “who the hell is Jeremy Enigk?” Well kids, he is the singer/songwriter for the mid-90s band Sunny Day Real Estate. Their album, Diary is one of the most influential emo records of all time (the others being Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade and Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Dear You). Sunny Day Real Estate “redefined, reintroduced, and recontextualized the word emo for an entirely new generation.” Jeremy Enigk’s vocal style and lyrical content is sincere and heartrending: “He sang desperately about losing himself, about subsuming himself in something greater.” Haha, I’ve got to stop this ranting before it goes out of hand... I wrote a 20-pages long essay for my popular culture class last year on the evolution of emo, so now I think I know everything there's to know about the subject...