The Sea and Cake
The Moonlight Butterfly
Thrill Jockey
2011
Rating: 7.5 red velvet cake slices out of 10
The Sea and Cake are that old friend from high school that you don't talk to all that often, but on the odd occasion you do get back together it's like you've never lost a beat. I've been listening to this band for over 15 years, and they still give me that same warm feeling they did back when I had more hair and less gut. Moreover, they sound pretty much exactly the same. And that is just how it should be. Some bands have to change or they start to sound dated - but S&C sound timeless all the time, like a good jazz record.
"Moonlight Butterfly" is a little long for an EP and a little short for a full length record, but those are exactly the sort of semantics that this band would never concern themselves with (and exactly the sort of thing my stupid ass would get worked up over). Outside of the title song which sorta veers into Kraftwerk territory, every other one of these songs could have been on their debut record. Beautiful, perfect, space-age jazzy leisure pop that still sounds so so so good to these ears.
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