Perhaps best known as Seattle's preeminent emo-core band, Sunny Day Real Estate is preparing for the release of its fourth studio LP, titled "The Rising Tide," due out on June 20.

That same day, SDRE plans to kick off a summer tour in support of "The Rising Tide" with a hometown show at The Showbox, and dates are currently scheduled through a July 31 date in Portland, Oregon.

"The Rising Tide" is Sunny Day Real Estate's follow-up to last year's "Live" album and 1998's "How It Feels To Be Something On," the latter of which marked the group's first record since reforming in 1997 after a two-year hiatus (see "Sunny Day Real Estate Reunites").

For the new album, the band slimmed down to a three-piece consisting of frontman Jeremy Enigk, who plays bass on "The Rising Tide," guitarist Dan Hoerner, and drummer William Goldsmith.

Hoerner recently talked with MTV News about how Sunny Day Real Estate was purposefully patient in cutting "The Rising Tide," an album that grew out of lengthy jam sessions with the record's producer, Lou Giordano.

"We really took our time with this one," Hoerner explained. "I think we all wanted it to be the best record that we've ever made. After having done 'How It Feels…,' which was us trying to figure out how to get back up on our feet after having broken up, we went into this record wanting it to be something that we had a chance to try and complete every vision with. [RealAudio]

"The producer, Lou, came over to Seattle and we basically just jammed and wrote for a month," he continued,

"I got to pretend like I was in The Police. It was so cool, and Enigk is just an amazing bass player. He's so good, and it was such a joy. We would jam for like six hours, and then we'd stop and get some food. Then we'd be like, 'Oh sh**, we gotta play some more. Let's go and get back in there and play.' It was totally fun like that, total energy." [RealAudio]

The first single from "The Rising Tide" is for the track "One," which is currently being worked on alternative and college radio.

Dates for Sunny Day Real Estate's summer tour:

  • 6/20 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
  • 6/22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Bricks
  • 6/23 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
  • 6/25 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
  • 6/26 - St. Louis @ Firehouse
  • 6/28 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
  • 6/29 - Chicago, IL @ Cabaret Metro
  • 7/1 - Cleveland, OH @ Odeon
  • 7/2 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
  • 7/4 - Toronto, ON @ The Guvernment
  • 7/5 - Montreal, QC @ Café Campus
  • 7/6 - Boston, MA @ Axis
  • 7/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
  • 7/9 - Washington, DC 9:30 Club
  • 7/11 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
  • 7/13 - Raleigh, NC @Cat's Cradle
  • 7/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
  • 7/15 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
  • 7/17 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
  • 7/19 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
  • 7/20 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Live
  • 7/22 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
  • 7/23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Bostons
  • 7/25 - San Diego, CA @ Canes
  • 7/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
  • 7/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
  • 7/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Slims
  • 7/31 - Portland, OR @ Paradigm