4/5 stars This disc is a complete jam session from start to finish. It brings back the days when bands would record together live as a group in the studio and although the producers had to work a bit harder, the music was pure. The elements underneath can be heard in some of the early work of Pink Floyd that drive the song "Pebbles And Marbles." The lyrics are the most structured the band has ever compiled. The band has grown as songwriters musically as well as lyrically and now bring new components into the jam sessions. The vocal styling on "Friday" seems rooted in a Kris Kristofferson structure. This is like no other vocals they have done but the potential has always been there.
Where this band will go is a question only the future can answer, but there seems to be a tremendous light at the end of the tunnel. They do not overcrowd the sound with buried digital over-tracking.
Just when you think they have nothing left in the tank for a new album, they release yet another one. When you think they have left the lengthy songs behind they deliver Round Room that, from start to finish, overflows with jams. The final track, "Waves", is over 11 minutes long and will leave the listener cooked and exhausted.
Is it possible for the band to have more songs inside them to deliver another CD? This is an open-ended question, as the band has left no genre untouched. They have intertwined some jazzy-feeling drum lines on several tracks but fused it with country, rock and even some showtune style sounds.
The progressive rock that they implement throughout this album should be a salute to all the hard work they have put into every release so far. This band has no limits as they have opened themselves and their fans up to so many different styles of music. They have also created their own genre, which is a culmination of everything in music's past. They have redefined melody and picked apart harmonious vocals straining anyone who dares categorize their music.
The horns that encompass "Up So Close" and open up "Pentagram" give odes to country with a dabble into Mexican music of years past. There are moments when the listener can feel Carlos Santana nipping at their heels. "You Part The Waters" jams some rocking beats while the guitars duel with the trumpet, opening themselves up to new explosions.
"Is This Love" is a moment of mellow relaxation before the band takes the country style by the hand in "Jesus Wrote A Blank Check". Then they let the fans know that the "Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle" is a shot glass full of what they are selling. Everyone believes the rock 'n' roll myth that drinking and the intake of drugs in excess is what it is all about. Cake is about the music and not the lifestyle.
Where this band will go is a question only the future can answer, but there seems to be a tremendous light at the end of the tunnel. They do not overcrowd the sound with buried digital over-tracking.
Just when you think they have nothing left in the tank for a new album, they release yet another one. When you think they have left the lengthy songs behind they deliver Round Room that, from start to finish, overflows with jams. The final track, "Waves", is over 11 minutes long and will leave the listener cooked and exhausted.
Is it possible for the band to have more songs inside them to deliver another CD? This is an open-ended question, as the band has left no genre untouched. They have intertwined some jazzy-feeling drum lines on several tracks but fused it with country, rock and even some showtune style sounds.
The progressive rock that they implement throughout this album should be a salute to all the hard work they have put into every release so far. This band has no limits as they have opened themselves and their fans up to so many different styles of music. They have also created their own genre, which is a culmination of everything in music's past. They have redefined melody and picked apart harmonious vocals straining anyone who dares categorize their music.
The horns that encompass "Up So Close" and open up "Pentagram" give odes to country with a dabble into Mexican music of years past. There are moments when the listener can feel Carlos Santana nipping at their heels. "You Part The Waters" jams some rocking beats while the guitars duel with the trumpet, opening themselves up to new explosions.
"Is This Love" is a moment of mellow relaxation before the band takes the country style by the hand in "Jesus Wrote A Blank Check". Then they let the fans know that the "Rock 'N' Roll Lifestyle" is a shot glass full of what they are selling. Everyone believes the rock 'n' roll myth that drinking and the intake of drugs in excess is what it is all about. Cake is about the music and not the lifestyle.
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