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Comfort Eagle (2009)

Cake
Reviewed by Evan Serpick | Jul 30, 2001
Evan Serpick
Evan Serpick
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Cake; Genre: Rock

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On their fourth album, Comfort Eagle, this California brood of minimalist rockers again pair ironic lyrics with spare instrumentation, à la their monotonal postmodern hit ''The Distance.'' But the sweetest moments come when frontman John McCrea breaks from the formula and extends his baritone beyond a single note, as on the harmony fueled ''Pretty Pink Ribbon'' and the yearning ''World of Two.''
Originally posted Jul 27, 2001
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