May 8, 2008
Cake
These resolutely quirky Californians have occupied the territory between novelty act and something more substantial for 17 years now, if you can believe it. So in the words of their biggest—and, let’s face it, its quirkiest—hit, Cake will survive. There’s also the small matter of vocalist John McCrea’s beard. The laconic frontman was wearing that ugly fucker on his chin long before Stephen McBean forgot how to shave and unimmaculately conceived an entire subculture, so dues should be paid. Any comparisons end there, of course, since Cake is the antithesis of bombastic rock, and the last word in, uh, quirk. Catch up with the “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” funsters and their lonely horn player at the Vogue on Tuesday (May 13).
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