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- Date Released: May 8, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative Experimental, Indie Rock
- Label: Thrill Jockey
Chicago post-rock veterans return for another go-round of breathy, delicate pop.
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We Say...
Ever since they sashayed out of the Chicago post-rock scene in the mid ’90s, the Sea and Cake have concentrated on a sound that plays like the rock equivalent of a pinky finger extended from the edge of a glass with a carefully mixed gin & tonic in it. The band’s albums have all been delicate, precious, a little bit prissy — and masterfully made in a way that translates as invariably breezy and approachable. The same goes for Everybody, on which the Sea and Cake’s considerable smarts settle into an urbane mix of summer songs. “Up on Crutches” has an insistent guitar strum evocative of Brazilian music, while “Too Strong” features a flecked and melodic lead that hints at charts learned in jazz school. Playing spot-the-influence is part of listening to songs so mannered — it certainly figures into the extremely African-sounding “Exact to Me” — but singer Sam Prekop keeps his allusions grounded with a breathy voice that sounds both dressed-up and desperate.
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They Say...
You could call the Sea and Cake classic underachievers, since they unerringly turn out the same album nearly every time (or simply apply shadings yet more subtle with every subsequent release), but two qualities get in the way of that diagnosis. First, the four members have so many outside interests -- solo albums, production work, other bands, photography, comic books, etc. -- that they could never be called lazy. Second, the Sea and Cake have continued making records that possess an exquisite beauty, a quality their fans would never want to give up for the sake of experimentalism. All this is to say that the band has produced another gorgeous album, just like the ones that preceded it, despite the early press reports that Everybody would be a straight-ahead rock album with few overdubs. (That is quite true, but it doesn't change the sound a bit.) Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt indulge in the type of dual-guitar interplay that recalls Television more than anyone else, but the Sea and Cake's revolution was always a quiet one, and it's no different here. Waves of guitar -- fuzzy, washed, or jagged but always impeccably lean -- power the best songs: the opening "Up on Crutches," "Crossing Line," and, near the end, "Left On," where John McEntire's lively percussion serves to focus several minutes of clever guitar feedback and distortion.
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Up On Crutches |
3:36 |
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| 02. | |
Too Strong |
2:52 |
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| 03. | |
Crossing Line |
2:46 |
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| 04. | |
Middlenight |
3:32 |
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| 05. | |
Coconut |
2:54 |
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| 06. | |
Exact To Me |
3:39 |
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| 07. | |
Lightning |
4:11 |
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| 08. | |
Introducing |
3:22 |
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| 09. | |
Left On |
4:53 |
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| 10. | |
Transparent |
4:47 |
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10 Total Tracks, 36:32 Total Length
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Credits
- Brian Paulson - Engineer // Archer Prewitt - Guitar // Archer Prewitt - Guitar // Archer Prewitt - Keyboards // Archer Prewitt - Keyboards // Archer Prewitt - Vocals // Archer Prewitt - Vocals // Archer Prewitt - Design // Archer Prewitt - Design // John McEntire - Percussion // John McEntire - Drums // John McEntire - Keyboards // John McEntire - Engineer // John McEntire - Vibraphone // Sam Prekop - Guitar // Sam Prekop - Vocals // Sam Prekop - Photography // Sheila Sachs - Design // Eric Claridge - Bass // Eric Claridge - Keyboards // Ken Champion - Pedal Steel
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