Browse by Artist: SEA AND CAKE, THE

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	The Fawn
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	THR 039CD

"Formed in the fall of 1993, The Sea and Cake remain Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, Eric Claridge and John McEntire. The essential difference between The Fawn and the three previous records lies in the approach to song writing mechanics. This was not a conscious effort to shift styles but an effort to incorporate new tools (computers, sequencers, drum machines, etc.). The 'new tools' are an essential aspect of a decidedly different approach to writing material, with the realization of ideas beyond the guitar, drums and bass format."

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	Oui
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	THR 086CD

"Oui marks the triumphant return of The Sea and Cake after a three-year absence which saw the members of the band pursue a variety of interests; musical, professional and personal. The line up of the band remains Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, Eric Claridge and John McEntire. Oui is a pop album. From the opening measures of 'Afternoon Speaker' to the serendipitous nature of 'Everyday,' Oui is a graceful recording of elegance, revealing its charms quietly and continually upon each listen."

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	One Bedroom
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 116CD

"One Bedroom sounds refreshingly new for a band's sixth record, yet it is not without moments of familiarity. The record feels like a stroll down the finest moments of the band's career, though it is still another step forward into the evolving 'sound' one has come to associate with the band. The cuffing guitar notes simply woven together, the melodic, propulsive and rhythmic drumming, the swirling sound of synthesizers and the distinct vocals that float in and out fluctuating between lazy delivery and full on falsetto-drawing you in on the records first track, only to have you completely hooked by it's second."

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	Glass
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	THR 125CD

"Recorded shortly after completing their acclaimed One Bedroom, Glass is worlds apart. A tasty surprise for those who think they know The Sea and Cake. The final three tracks and video on Glass are songs from One Bedroom reinterpreted by Stereolab, Broadcast, Carl Craig and illustrator Richard McGuire. While the first three names will sound instantly recognizable to music fans, the last may not. Richard is the former bassist in the band, Liquid Liquid."

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	Everybody
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 186CD

"The Sea and Cake are back with Everybody, the band's first full length in just over four years. The record finds the band continuing to perfect their singular brand of dreamlike, hot-buttered pop music that sounds delicately handcrafted, yet effortless all the same. Sheets of glowing guitar tones skip along propulsive percussion underscored by gently funky, introspective bass lines, all adorned by breathlessly delivered lines of lyrical poetry. As always, the band is made up of Sam Prekop (guitar and vocals), Archer Prewitt (guitar), John McEntire (drums) and Erik Claridge (bass)."

Artist:	SEA AND CAKE, THE
Title:	Car Alarm
Label:	THRILL JOCKEY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	THR 205CD

"The exciting sound of a well-oiled band. Car Alarm is The Sea and Cake's eighth full-length record. It is bracing, like the surge of wasabi on sweet sushi, like the slap of cool water on a diving body, like the head-rush of a rollercoaster just leaving summit. Bracing music is most often encountered in concert. Only the heaviest hitters have translated the live thrill into the recording studio. Think of the great working bands, the Charles Mingus Quintet, the John Coltrane Quartet, the Meters or the Minutemen. For them, there was no gaping chasm between the studio and the road; the studio was just another stop, a gig, a continuous part of the flow of playing and working and creating together. The aim with Car Alarm was to follow-up quickly on its precursor, the somewhat stripped-down Everybody. Prekop says the band wanted to make a record that felt like they had never stopped playing, a continuously limbered up ensemble that parlayed its last tour into new material. They started working on it right after an Australian tour in March, and finished it after a miraculous three-month gestation. If the usual process in pop music is to make a record and then breathe life into it on the road, this flips that presumption on its head, starting with a vital, pulsing set-list on disc; what heights they'll take the new songs to in concert only remains to be seen."

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