Runner
Thrill Jockey
2012
Rating: 7.5 jump shots out of 10
The Sea and Cake! They might keep sorta releasing the same record over and over and over, but fuck if they don't have that indie-jazz-pop sound of theirs dialed down to a science. A really awesome sounding science. The album kicks off with the upbeat "On and On" and it only gets better from there. According to the label website the band took a different approach to recording this record - Sam Prekop wrote the songs on a synth, then sent the tracks out to the rest of the band to be fleshed out... and while this may sound neat, to my ears it just sounds like another in a long line of very enjoyable Sea and Cake records. For long-time fans picking this up should be a no-brainer. Looking for a place to start with this iconic Chicago group? "The Biz" would be my first choice, but not a damn thing wrong with starting right here.
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