The Sea and Cake

Coming out three years after The Fawn, the soulful Indie Rock outfit once again warms the airwaves with the soft and poetic lead of Sam Prekop. The opening track "Afternoon Speaker" kicks off with inspiring looping rhythms by John McEntire and sets the mood for a series of ambient ballads. Towards the end of the LP, they return with faster tempos.

Over the past ten years, the city of Chicago has managed to spew out even more
mind-bogglingly awful jazz-fusion dreck than Chicago the band. The Sea and Cake used to
be typical Windy City indie diddlers, but on 1997's The Fawn, they started to sculpt their
lush keyboards into warm, beautiful songs like "Sporting Life," rocking out with emotion,
wit and even a sharp beat. On Oui, the Sea and Cake continue to pursue their ins... More >