Former lead singer, co-songwriter and guitarist for the Seattle indie rock band Sunny Day Real Estate Jeremy Enigk, has released a new solo album titled OK Bear. This is Enigk's third solo album since his 1996 Subpop release Return of the Frog Queen and 2006 self-solo release World Waits. Each of those were decent albums and perhaps most appealing to Sunny Day Real Estate fans. His most recent band project was with The Fire Theft.

Over the years Sunny Day Real Estate have been tagged as one of the leading progenitors of today's emo music. Well, that's up to you to decide, but Paramore's popular YouTube video cover of SDRE's song "Faces In Disguise" recently received a wink and nod from Enigk.

"I’ve actually seen one of those (Paramore) videos and I think it’s amazing," he said. " I was absolutely flattered! Because, the singer, Hayley Williams has an amazing voice! So, to see her sing it, that’s super flattering to me. From time to time, I will You Tube old Sunny Day videos, and I came across that."

"Mind Idea" - Jeremy Enigk from OK Bear
(track courtesy via Stereogum)

Enigk on MySpace

Labels: Indie Solo Artists, Jeremy Enigk