Naive Harmonies

I really, really like the new Sea and Cake record. That was unexpected.

The Sea and Cake, "Window Sills"
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The sound of Sam Prekop's voice will likely always remind me of driving the roads of Chapel Hill and Chatham County, North Carolina about ten years ago. His voice is one of the constants that make a Sea and Cake record on of the world's most reliable comforts, even when they aren't at their peak form.

Because of that at least, I got the record last Tuesday when it was released. But it was out of the blue that it surpassed my expectations as another nice record and vaulted up into the "repeated listenings" level. A big part of it is that the band has finally found that perfect point that they were constantly searching for between the rigidity of rhthymic loops and the natural, excited feel of live drums. Highly recommended.