OK Bear

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OK Bear
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Studio album by Jeremy Enigk
Released May 12, 2009
Recorded October 15 – November 18, 2008
Genre Indie rock
Label Lewis Hollow
Producer Santi Garcia
Ricky Falkner
Jeremy Enigk chronology
The Missing Link
(2007)		''OK Bear''
(2009)		Ghosts
(2017)
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Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) [2]
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OK Bear is the title of the fifth release by Sunny Day Real Estate frontman Jeremy Enigk. The album was recorded outside Barcelona during the year 2008.

Sunny Day Real Estate American emo band

Sunny Day Real Estate was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington. They were one of the early emo bands and helped establish the genre. In 1994, the band released their debut album Diary on Sub Pop Records to critical acclaim. However, shortly after releasing their second album LP2, the band broke up, with members Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith joining Foo Fighters and Jeremy Enigk embarking on a solo career. In 1997, they regrouped long enough to record two more studio albums and a live album but ultimately disbanded once again in 2001. The band reunited again in 2009. Bassist Nate Mendel, who chose to remain with Foo Fighters during the previous reunion in 1997, took part in this reunion. In a 2013 interview with MusicRadar, Mendel said Sunny Day Real Estate was inactive. According to Mendel, the band attempted to record a full-length album after the end of their reunion tour, but the sessions "just fell apart". In 2014 the band released one song from those sessions, "Lipton Witch," on a split 7" vinyl with Circa Survive on Record Store Day.

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Contents

Enigk has stated that the title of the album comes from a phrase he accidentally said while stringing together what he thought were nonexistent Spanish words.

The album marks a return to a heavier rock sound of Sunny Day Real Estate. [5]

OK Bear has a relatively stripped-down rock aesthetic compared to the orchestral nature of his previous two solo albums. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Mind Idea" – 2:38
  2. "Late of Camera" – 2:59
  3. "April Storm" – 3:43
  4. "Life's Too Short" – 3:07
  5. "Just a State of Mind" – 3:01
  6. "Sandwich Time" – 3:15
  7. "In a Look" – 3:57
  8. "Same Side Imaginary" – 3:41
  9. "Restart" – 2:40
  10. "Make Believe" – 2:33
  11. "Vale Oso" – 3:18
  12. "Sant Feliu de Guixols" – 3:12

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ PopMatters review
  4. ↑ Spin review
  5. ↑ "Information Not Found". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  6. ↑ "New : Jeremy Enigk :: Mind Idea Taken From "OK Bear"". Ventvox. 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
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