Sunny Day Real Estate

The band's fourth album (released in 2000) is a far cry from the anguished sound of their early records. The album wavers in between the pastoral beauty Jeremy Enigk explored on his solo records and moments of bombast and flourish that wouldn't sound out of place on a Rush album. It certainly makes for an intriguing listen, as SDRE remain one of the more interesting bands.

Sunny Day Real Estate have always hinted that they want to become emo-core's answer to
earnest, pre-Achtung Baby U2. On their fourth studio album, The Rising Tide, the Seattle
trio finally sounds like it. The grandiose production, by Lou Giordano (Goo Goo Dolls, Live),
matches the quasi-mystical visions mapped out in the songs. Jeremy Enigk hurls his near
yodel of a voice across a Grand Canyon soundscape with dazzling conviction; hi... More >