Jeremy Enigk, the enigmatic singer and songwriter for emo-core pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft, will hit the road this fall, joining Cursive for a four-week tour beginning October 31 in Tempe, AZ (complete itinerary below). For these tour dates, Enigk, on vocals and guitar, will be joined by Kannan Tupper on percussion.
Confirmed tour dates for Jeremy Enigk with Cursive are:
10/31 - Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
11/01 - Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ
11/03 - The Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, CO
11/09 - Sokol Auditorium, Omaha, NE
11/11 - The Blue Note, Columbia, MO
11/12 - Young Avenue Deli, Memphis, TN
11/13 - Bottletree, Birmingham, AL
11/14 - Variety Theatre, Atlanta, GA
11/16 - Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville, VA
11/17 - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
11/18 - Cats Cradle, Carrboro, NC
11/20 - The Moon, UF, Tallahassee, FL
11/21 - Reitz Union Ballroom, UF, Gainesville, FL
11/22 - The Club @ Firestone, Orlando, FL
11/24 - Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
11/25 - Emo's, Austin, TX
11/26 - Gypsy Ballroom, Dallas, TX
The tour is in support of Enigk's highly-anticipated new solo album, "World Waits," which will be released October 17 on his own label, Lewis Hollow Records/Reincarnate/SONY BMG. Of the album, Filter wrote, "'World Waits' plays like a greatest hits of Enigk's styles...confidence, grace, and that darn purty voice that makes this an instant classic."
Enigk toured this past summer, which included a special appearance at Lollapalooza, one at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, and several European festivals. The Boston Globe said of his concert there, "..the music was magnificent...somewhat miraculously, Enigk and his deceptively docile four-piece band were able to transpose material originally recorded with a full orchestra into small, lush rock songs."
"'World Waits' takes off where 'Frog Queen' left off," Enigk said. "But then the album evolves into a completely more mature thing as the new music slowly unfolds."
In 1996, Enigk earned wide praise for the pop orchestration of "Return Of The Frog Queen." While "World Waits" doesn't mimic its predecessor's lush feel, the new album nonetheless trades in grand musical and lyrical themes. Enigk expertly gives voice to songs that tackle spirituality and the human condition with vocals that can sound as big as the sky or as small as a whisper.
Enigk assembled the songs on "World Waits" over the course of the past decade. Among the ten cuts are two that were slated for a follow up to "ROTFQ" that was interrupted by Sunny Day Real Estate activity, others that Enigk originally intended for The Fire Theft, and still others written as recently as six months ago.
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.
Enigk is serving as the creative mind behind Lewis Hollow Records, the label he will run with manager and business partner Steve Smith. He called starting his own label, "the right thing to do. I can call all the shots now, and that's a wonderful feeling."
In the mid-1990's, Seattle-based Sunny Day Real Estate garnered critical praise and an avid following as one of the founding bands of emo-core. While signed to Sub Pop Records, they released four albums in five years; their final disc, "The Rising Tide," was issued by the Time Bomb label in 2000. Shortly into their career, SDRE's rhythm section of William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel also signed on to play with Dave Grohl in Foo Fighters.
In 2003, Enigk re-teamed with Goldsmith and Mendel to form The Fire Theft and recorded a self-titled album. While The Fire Theft project is currently on hold, the trio still considers themselves a band.
Throughout the twists and turns of break-ups, reunions and new bands, Enigk has maintained a devoted fan base that blossomed in the early days of the Internet and has only grown since. "They're the whole reason why I continue to do it and want to release records," he said.
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