Pressure Chief CAKE

• 1 Wheels 03:20
• 2 No Phone 03:52
• 3 Take It All Away 03:57
• 4 Dime 03:37
• 5 Carbon Monoxide 03:09
• 6 The Guitar Man 03:53
• 7 Waiting 03:55
• 8 She'll Hang the Baskets 02:42
• 9 End of the Movie 01:49
• 10 Palm of Your Hand 02:57
• 11 Tougher Than It Is 03:00
• Total Runtime 36:11

Info for Pressure Chief

Zu keinem Zeitpunkt gibt es Anzeichen für einen Sprung in Cakes Musik. Mit 'Pressure Chief', wieder mit dem Kunstwerk ihres Frontmanns John McCrea versehen, beweist Cake leicht von dem sich langsam entwickelnden Klang abzuweichen, den sie in den letzten zehn Jahren entwickelt hatten. Besonders bemerkenswert sind die deutlich erhöhte Menge an Synthesizer und Tastaturen, die in ihre Melodien eindringen, und zusammen mit McCreas einzigartigem Gesangsklang war es die Grundlage des "Sounds" der Bands geworden. Es gibt keinen einzigen Song auf diesem Album, der nicht unterhaltsam und bewegend ist. Es gibt zusätzliche E-Gitarre, die von Green On Red Desert Rocker Chuck Prophet auf "She'll Hang The Baskets" spielt.

CAKE

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CAKE
is an alternative rock band which formed in 1991 in Sacramento, California, United States. The band consists of John McCrea (vocals, guitar), Xan McCurdy (guitar), Gabe Nelson (bass), Vincent DiFiore (trumpet, keyboards, vocals) and Paulo Baldi (drums). The band has released six albums: Motorcade of Generosity (1994), Fashion Nugget (1996), Prolonging the Magic (1998), Comfort Eagle (2001), Pressure Chief (2004) and Showroom of Compassion (2011). The band has been very successful on American alternative radio, with nine of their singles appearing on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart between 1993 and 2011.

B-Sides and Rarities was released October 2, 2007. It features a live cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and their cover “Mahna Mahna”, which also appears on the charity CD “For the Kids” whose proceeds benefit the “VH1 SAVE THE MUSIC” organization.

CAKE’s latest album, Showroom of Compassion, was released January 11, 2011. It was recorded at the Upbeat Studio in Sacramento, California with the help of recording engineer Pat Olguin.

Although CAKE’s music is often classified as alternative or indie rock, it combines multiple musical genres, such as funk, pop, jazz, rap, and country. CAKE’s music features droll lyrics rife with word play and syncopation (laconically voiced in a rap-like style by lead vocalist/guitarist John McCrea), catchy distorted guitar riffs (courtesy of guitarist Greg Brown until 1998, and bass player to Victor Damiani until 1997), and a solo trumpet (played by Vince DiFiore). CAKE’s musical style has been compared to They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, The Cars, and Camper Van Beethoven.

Damiani left the band in 1997, replaced by Gabe Nelson. Greg Brown left in 1998, replaced by Xan McCurdy. Brown and Damiani continued to work together when they formed the band Deathray. Todd Roper left the band to focus on parenthood after recording Comfort Eagle.

CAKE’s biggest hits have included “The Distance”, “Never There”, “Sheep Go to Heaven” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle”, “No Phone”, “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”, and an alternative remake of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”. An instrumental version of CAKE’s “Italian Leather Sofa” is featured as the theme song to the cartoon Mission Hill. The song “Shadow Stabbing” from Comfort Eagle appears in the opening credits of the movies Orange County and Wordplay. The songs “Daria”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle”, and “Friend Is a Four-Letter Word” are featured as closing credit themes for episodes of Daria. The song “Frank Sinatra” was also featured at the close of The Sopranos episode “The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti”. The movie, “Me, Myself, and Irene” also featured CAKE’s “Hem of Your Garment”. In the Tv-Series “Chuck”, “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” is used in the intro of each episode.

Additionally, CAKE headlined the Unlimited Sunshine Tour festival in the summer of 2002 among an eclectic ensemble of bands including Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, De La Soul, Latin techno fusion band Kinky and bluegrass group The Hackensaw Boys.

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