A decade passed since
Jeremy Enigk, lead singer of
Sunny Day Real Estate and
the Fire Theft, released his last solo album,
Return of the Frog Queen. And in ten years it's natural, expected, desired even, that one will mature, that one's musical tastes and influences may expand or change, so it's not so strange that
Enigk's sophomore record is not an exact copy of his debut. What is strange, however, is how different it actually is. While
Return of the Frog Queen was chamber pop and struck acoustic chords,
World Waits is soft arpeggioed electric guitars, sweeping violins, and droning keyboards.
Enigk sounds like a mixture of
Peter Gabriel,
U2,
Sarah McLachlan, and a little bit of
Elf Power. ~ Marisa Brown