This is a review of the new album that is on buddyhead ( a really good
"online magazine")
www.buddyhead.com
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Rising Tide
Time Bomb
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This is Sunny Day's first lp after their falling out with sub
pop. Sunny Day decided
to follow up their live album by recording their 4th studio
full length as a 3 piece
band. Jeremy Enigk handles the bass playing duties on "The
Rising Tide" with a
convincing command of the instrument. This 11 song collection
was recorded by
Lou Giordano, whose name you might recognize from the liner
notes in your Goo
Goo Dolls and Live records that you keep hidden under your bed
when your friends
come over. The album, recorded in an old church converted into
a studio,
showcases a variety of musical shading and is the most eclectic
and busy of all
Sunny Day offerings to date. The album kicks off in typical
Sunny Day fashion on
"Killed By an Angel" with Enigk's signature falsetto convincing
you that he is either
an alien, or a rock messiah. The album continues through songs
like "One" which I
swear is a chord progression on a Queensryche song. (Haven't
you guys heard
Metallica either? There should be laws about naming your songs
something that
everybody knows is already taken. If laws like these aren't
enforced, I just might
as well start naming my songs "Stairway To Heaven".) Just when
you're convinced
that Sunny Day has no ability to hit your ears with immediacy,
the group hits it
stride with "Disappear", a very catchy number that leans
towards a U2 feel. The
following song, "Snibe" is easily the most captivating of all
even though I'd put my
left nut on the fact that I swear once again I've heard that
chorus somewhere else.
It's either a Rush or Dio song but I can't quite pinpoint it
right now. Enigk's bass
line drives the song through very hard hitting and groove
oriented territory that
Sunny Day has seemed hesitant to explore in the past. I'm a
sucker for any song
with a good riff, and this track has a good riff. Play a riff
with some dirty bass tone
and I'm your bitch. "Snibe" is track 5 and has eerily lived up
to the fact that track 5
has continually been my favorite track on every Sunny Day Real
Estate record. It
never fails. (Coincidentally, track 5 was also my repeated
favorite song on every
Jawbreaker record. Conspiracy?) I can't say that this is my
favorite album from the
group, I'd have to lean more towards their last "How It
Feels...", but this one is
pretty damn close. I still think this band is just one album
away from their "Ok
Computer", and have yet to release anything that isn't worthy
of you running to the
record store to immediately add to your collection.
--Aaron Icarus
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