THE SEA & CAKE - The Biz LP Color:Black Vinyl

THE SEA & CAKE - The Biz LP Color:Black VinylFormed in the fall of 1993, The Sea and Cake's eponymous debut LP, was released in September of 1994. Nassau was then released in March of 1995. The Biz was the bands third record in just over one calender year. It was recorded in John McEntire's own Soma Studios and they recorded the instruments in three days mostly live. The vocals were recorded by Sam Prekop alone in five days. On Nassau the band experimented heavily with signal processing, on The

The shit is reasonably digestible

It’s a wonderful exercise in abstraction vs

Audio fragments are liberated from their original context and sculpted into surprising new shapes

The opening bass line of "Water" sets a definitive melodic mood over which aquatic textures wash in and out and inevitably set sail on staccato squelches

as well as taking on a symbol for change and spirit

[impose] melody and composition on their trademark dissonance

so the songs won

with the image obscurely referencing his yesteryear green mohawk

Now available again on 180 gram vinyl

Lyrical themes of love

as Varg Vikernes wrote the lyrics to the sixth song on this album

” “Born Loser” and a few others)