Everybody (The Sea and Cake album)

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Everybody
Album-Sea&Cake Everybody.jpg
Studio album by The Sea and Cake
Released May 8, 2007
Recorded Key Club in Benton Harbor, Michigan and SOMA in Chicago, Illinois
Genre Indie
Post-rock
Label Thrill Jockey
The Sea and Cake chronology
Glass
(2003)Glass2003		 Everybody
(2007)		 Car Alarm
(2008)Car Alarm2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10)[3]
Twisted Ear 4/5 stars[4]
The Week 3/4 stars[5]

Everybody is an album by The Sea and Cake, released on May 8, 2007. It was the band's first release in four years, following 2003's One Bedroom, and was released on Thrill Jockey.

Packaging

The CD comes in a digipak with a 16-page booklet of liner notes and three "photo card inserts,"[6] which contain photos of what looks to be Chicago; this is also available as a digital booklet on iTunes if the entire album is purchased. The liner notes are a reproduction of what is presumably lead singer Sam Prekop's notebook. The pages contain sloppy diagrams of chord progressions, scribbled lyrics, and abstract sketches. Archer Prewitt, Sam Prekop, and Sheila Sachs created the artwork.[7]

Musical style

The band's music is described as "low-key indie pop sprinkled with jazz, African, and Brazilian influences."[8] On this album specifically, their style is described as <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

"hot-buttered pop music that sounds delicately handcrafted, yet effortless all the same. Sheets of glowing guitar tones skip along propulsive percussion underscored by gently introspective bass lines, all adorned by breathlessly delivered lines of lyrical poetry."[6]

Pitchfork Media reviewer Jason Crock writes that the album has a pleasant sound, but that "adjectives like 'pleasant' wind up sounding backhanded or inadequate; maybe 'playful' is a better word for Everybody."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Up on Crutches" – 3:36
  2. "Too Strong" – 2:52
  3. "Crossing Line" – 2:46
  4. "Middlenight" – 3:32
  5. "Coconut" – 2:54
  6. "Exact to Me" – 3:39
  7. "Lightning" – 4:11
  8. "Introducing" – 3:22
  9. "Left On" – 4:53
  10. "Transparent" – 4:47

Personnel

  • Ken Champion – pedal steel
  • Eric Claridge – bass, keyboards
  • John McEntire – percussion, keyboards, drums, vibraphone, engineer
  • Brian Paulson – engineer
  • Sam Prekop – guitar, photography, vocals
  • Archer Prewitt – guitar, keyboards, vocals, design
  • Sheila Sachs – design

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/everybody/the-sea-and-cake
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Twisted Ear review
  5. ↑ The Week review
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Everybody. Discogs. Accessed on July 8, 2007.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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