okay, no one's going to believe me now after the joke i posted a week or so ago... but i have the *real* tracklist to the new album. here's all the info on the new record, "the rising tide" -- 1. Killed By An Angel 2. One 3. Rain Song 4. Disappear 5. Snibe 6. The Ocean 7. Fool In The Photograph 8. Tearing In My Heart 9. Television 10. Faces In Disguise 11. The Rising Tide TBCD3541 Produced by Lou Giorando Co-produced by Sunny Day Real Estate Engineered by Sue Kapa Recorded at Dreamland Studios, West Hurley, NY Mixed by Lou Giorando at Warehouse Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC Mixing Engineer: Zach Blackstone Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York City, NY Songs by Sunny Day Real Estate Lyrics by Hoerner/Enigk Published by One Day I Stopped Breathing (BMI) where did i get this info, you ask? i copied it all down from the promo of the album i heard today :) yes, i listened to the whole album today and maaaaaaaaan is it good. sonic boom records in seattle has a promo copy of the new album and they let me listen to the whole thing on a listening station. i'm sure they'll let you listen to it as well. they won't sell it though, i already tried to bribe them with a $50 earlier today. (which is why i'm just now telling you about all this.) they also have a bunch of the pillars / guitar and video games 7" singles. well. it's good. a lot of new directions for the band... a little bit of technoish sampling kind of stuff on a few songs. some acoustic guitars. some (actual, not keyboard) piano. even a sound clip from something like a movie or something at the beginning of one of the songs. not very many heavy basslines, unsurprisingly. but one thing is sure... this album will please hiftbso fans and the die-hard diary fans too (ernesto?). "killed by an angel" DESTROYS THE UNIVERSE with its awesome rocking power. "rain song" recalls jeremy's stuff a bit. besides the little clip to which i refered, there really aren't any transitions or stuff like that, even though dan supposedly said there would be. the songs are much more intricate that anything the band has done before... i really couldn't digest the whole thing listening to it once... but i think the guys at the store would have kicked me out if i tried to listen to it two or three times. "the ocean" isn't too much different than the demo currently on-line, a few more backing vocals and stuff. i can't tell if the whole song was re-recorded, but the vocal track is definitely different. no artwork yet, the promo cd is plain white and just says the band name / title on the front and the songs on the back. inside it says the release date (june 20th, 2000) and everything i listed above. it's really good. really.
