Sea & Cake - Car Alarm
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Artist: Sea & CakeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-21
Music Label: Thrill Jockey
Soundtracks:
- Aerial
- Fuller Moon, A
- On A Letter
- CMS Sequence
- Car Alarm
- Weekend
- New Schools
- Window Sills
- Down In The City
- Pages
- Staircase, The
- Mirrors
Music reviews of Car Alarm
Music Review: Mostly More Of The Same - Not A Bad Thing - Plus Some New Twists
Rating: 4 Stars
At first listen, Car Alarm sounds a lot like The Sea and Cake's last album, Everybody. Sam Prekop's lilting voice still dominates the sound and no one is ever going to mistake these folks for Metallica. The Sea and Cake is understated indie, low on angst and distortion and long on melody and songcraft. However, Car Alarm has more bounce and edge to it than Everybody. The biggest risk of this band is that some of the songs are so smooth and effortless that sometimes they sound too close to "easy listening" or elevator music. With Car Alarm, The Sea and Cake looks to be trying to avoid dead-ending in that direction and add in some rougher guitars (as on "Aerial" or "Car Alarm" or "New Schools") and punchier bass lines ("Weekend" or "Down in the City") and unusual song structure ("Weekend," "The Staircase"). "Weekend" may be the real gem on this album, a delightful melding of acoustic guitars and bass and Prekop vocals. This is mellow stuff, good background music rather than something to listen to with the headphones on and cranked up to 10. If you already like Sea and Cake, you should go ahead and get this one. If you're not sure about the sound, by all means listen to the samples before buying. I suspect most people are going to react with either "kinda like it" or "boring," so test drive a few songs first. I fall into the first camp and find this music to be very likable.
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Description of Car Alarm
The Sea And Cake are one of the most beloved indie bands of the past decade.Their eighth full-length has the breezy, open, crisp sound the band has spent fifteen years crafting, but it also has a palpable edge. That's the edge of people who know each other well enough to push a bit harder, who aren't worried about ruffling feathers or trying something different, difficult, intuitive, trusting. This is the sound of a well-oiled band. A bracing record. LP comes with free MP3 download coupon.Alternative Rock CDs
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