Just noticed that Cake by Trash Can Sinatras is highlighted on All Music Guide's front page as the album of the day. This came out when I was working in my hazy post-college graduation year at a record store in Minneapolis (Great American Music, which I don't think exists anymore), and I played this album a lot in the store. Got to see the band when I was living in Washington D.C., and unfortunately their lead singer was on a bit of a bender that night and was more focused on pissing off the crowd rather than getting into the music. The band took a break for awhile in the late 90s/early Oughts, but they returned to the scene in 2004 with a very tuneful comeback in Weightlifting (via iTunes and Amazon). Here are two rather horrendous videos from Cake -- "Obscurity Knocks" and "Only Tongue Can Tell". Best to just concentrate on the audio.Sunday, July 22, 2007
Pure Pop Bliss
Just noticed that Cake by Trash Can Sinatras is highlighted on All Music Guide's front page as the album of the day. This came out when I was working in my hazy post-college graduation year at a record store in Minneapolis (Great American Music, which I don't think exists anymore), and I played this album a lot in the store. Got to see the band when I was living in Washington D.C., and unfortunately their lead singer was on a bit of a bender that night and was more focused on pissing off the crowd rather than getting into the music. The band took a break for awhile in the late 90s/early Oughts, but they returned to the scene in 2004 with a very tuneful comeback in Weightlifting (via iTunes and Amazon). Here are two rather horrendous videos from Cake -- "Obscurity Knocks" and "Only Tongue Can Tell". Best to just concentrate on the audio.