OK Bear

Ok Bear, the third full-length solo album from Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft), offers a surprising sense of intimacy while staying undeniably Enigk.

In the nineties, Jeremy Enigk's on-again off-again relationship with Sunny Day Real Estate (and the short lived The Fire Theft) cast him as a sort of enigmatic emo-rock icon. Overused genre classifications and debatable perceptions aside, there's a depth to Enigk's work that confirms his undeniable musical contribution. 96's Return of the Frog Queen stands as a standard of grandiose chamber pop. So it's no surprise that World Waits, a mere two years old, is already becoming an intelligent pop music classic in its ghostly transcendence. The simple fact that Enigk's solo work has kept the rapt attention of diehard fans in an over-saturated media wasteland with a mere two releases over the course of an entire decade is a testament to the depth of Enigk's craft. Now he's back to round out his releases with the playfully titled Ok Bear, the minimalist rock combo answer to his dramatic orchestral discography.