Everybody (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Everybody
Type = album
Artist = The Sea and Cake


Released = May 8, 2007
Recorded = Key Club in Benton Harbor, Michigan and SOMA in Chicago, Illinois
Genre = Indie
Post-rock
Length =
Label = Thrill Jockey
Producer =
Reviews =
*Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42725-everybody link]
*"The Week" rating|3|4 [http://www.theweekmagazine.com/reviews/articles/info.aspx?EntId=1427 link]
*Twisted Ear rating|4|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=662&Itemid=31 link]
Last album = "Glass"
(2003)
This album = "Everybody"
(2007)
Next album = "Car Alarm"
(2008)

"Everybody" is an album by The Sea and Cake, released on May 8, 2007. It was the band's first release in four years, following 2003's "One Bedroom", and was released on Thrill Jockey.

Packaging

The CD comes in a digipak with a 16-page booklet of liner notes and three "photo card inserts,"cite web|url=http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/index.html?id=100690|title="Everybody"|publisher=Thrill Jockey|accessdate=2007-05-26] which contain photos of what looks to be Chicago; this is also available as a digital booklet on iTunes if the entire album is purchased. The liner notes are a reproduction of what is presumably lead singer Sam Prekop's notebook. The pages contain sloppy diagrams of chord progressions, scribbled lyrics, and abstract sketches. Archer Prewitt, Sam Prekop, and Sheila Sachs created the artwork. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/983618 "Everybody"] . Discogs. Accessed on July 8, 2007.]

Musical style

The band's music is described as "low-key indie pop sprinkled with jazz, African, and Brazilian influences." [cite journal|journal= [http://www.theweekmagazine.com The Week Magazine] |title="Everybody"|accessdate=2007-05-26|unused_data=|http://www.theweekmagazine.com/reviews/articles/info.aspx?EntId=1427] On this album specifically, their style is described as cquote|"hot-buttered pop music that sounds delicately handcrafted, yet effortless all the same. Sheets of glowing guitar tones skip along propulsive percussion underscored by gently introspective bass lines, all adorned by breathlessly delivered lines of lyrical poetry."

Pitchfork Media reviewer Jason Crock writes that the album has a pleasant sound, but that "adjectives like 'pleasant' wind up sounding backhanded or inadequate; maybe 'playful' is a better word for Everybody." [cite web|title=The Sea and Cake: "Everybody"|publisher=Pitchfork Media|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/42725-everybody|accessdate=2007-05-26]

Track listing

#"Up on Crutches" – 3:36
#"Too Strong" – 2:52
#"Crossing Line" – 2:46
#"Middlenight" – 3:32
#"Coconut" – 2:54
#"Exact to Me" – 3:39
#"Lightning" – 4:11
#"Introducing" – 3:22
#"Left On" – 4:53
#"Transparent" – 4:47

Personnel

*Ken Champion – pedal steel
*Eric Claridge – bass, keyboards
*John McEntire – percussion, keyboards, drums, vibraphone, engineer
*Brian Paulson – engineer
*Sam Prekop – guitar, photography, vocals
*Archer Prewitt – guitar, keyboards, vocals, design
*Sheila Sachs – design

External links

* [http://www.thrilljockey.com/catalog/index.html?id=100690 "Everybody"] at Thrill Jockey

References