Jeremy Enigk, the enigmatic singer for Sunny Day Real Estate and The Fire Theft, is putting the final touches on his highly-anticipated second solo effort, the follow up to 1996's "Return Of The Frog Queen." The as yet untitled new album will be released this summer on Enigk's own imprint, Lewis Hollow Records, which will be distributed by Reincarnate Records through SONY BMG.
"We're just about done tracking, and then it needs to be mixed and mastered," said Enigk. "It's just little things here and there, like editing."
The recording process has been an interesting one. With technology, the album was recorded all around the country in several home studios. Working closely with Josh Myers, who co-produced the album, Enigk says, "It's cool that it's being recorded mainly in my house and Josh's house. And everybody - like Joe Skyward, he did the bass at his house in L.A., and Briggs Moran did stuff at his house [with] Pro-Tools, everybody has their own home system now."
Fans will be happy to note Enigk's lyrical inspirations have remained true to form. Though the album still employs orchestral moments like "ROTFQ," "It's not nearly as big, but it does reach big places," says Enigk. "My style of writing, the soul-searching-type lyrics, the acoustic quality [is similar] to 'Frog Queen.'"
Enigk will not be hitting the pop circuit anytime soon. "I'm too quirky...I'm not that good of a musician to write my vision. The songs write themselves, and those are always the best songs - the ones that I really have very little control over."
Enigk is slated to perform August 4 on the Jack Stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago. He will embark on a European tour in July, followed by a four-week North American club tour which will stop in major cities including New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Dallas and San Francisco, to name just a few. The complete itinerary will be announced shortly.
On the tour dates, Enigk plans to play all of "Frog Queen" and "I'd like to try and do some covers, maybe mix it up a little bit. Of course I'll play the new record, and if I have anything new by then that I'm writing now, I'll probably play it."
The touring band - all of whom contributed to the new album - will comprise Myers on keyboard, Kannan Tupper on drums, Nick Macri on bass, and Greg Saran on guitar.
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