SEA AND CAKE - The Moonlight Butterfly CD Screamo

SEA AND CAKE - The Moonlight Butterfly CD ScreamoIn January of this year Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, John McEntire, and Eric Claridge reconvened at Chicago's Soma Electronic Music Studios to record their latest release The Moonlight Butterfly. This thirty three minute mini album finds the band delivering much more long form and cinematic pieces. The new songs lean upon the band's more experimental tendencies, taking time to stretch the forms and in some ways the new material relates to the way the

not least because of their peculiar subtle humour

on 'Cowboy Acid (Solstikk Dub)' he strips the kickdrum to a faint knock

They glimmer like the sun’s changing patterns on the wall as a new day gets going

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From the first piece of the album

Die Historikerin Julia Preißer untersucht jene Körperbilder

"It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together

These days it takes a certain amount of self-assuredness to include both a conceptual explainer and a list of footnotes in your record's insert

Greg Wilkinson (of Earhammer fame) releases a fascinating LP that blends dark wave and synth punk with paranoia and conspiracies

and even a little Mellotron

This is some of the darkest

bassist Tomi Harrivaara left the fold