The Moonlight Butterfly [EP]

Performer: The Sea and Cake
Producer: The Sea & Cake...
Distributor: Redeye Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Sam Prekop (vocals, guitar); Archer Prewitt (guitar, ukulele, keyboards); John McEntire (synthesizer, drums). Recording information: SOMA Electronic Music Studios, Chicago, IL. The Moonlight Butterfly is a half-hour postcard from the Chicago quartet that have become the elder statesman of impressionistic indie rock. The band opt for a direct and straightforward opener ("Covers"), but gradually grow more expansive and dreamy, incorporating electronics from the Kraftwerk playbook on the instrumental title track and stretching out for a beautiful ten-minute epic, "Inn Keeping." Again recorded by drummer John McEntire at Soma Studios, and produced by the group, chalk up The Moonlight Butterfly as yet another effortlessly charming work from the Sea and Cake. ~ John Bush

Fronted by Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt (graduates of Shrimp Boat and the Coctails respectively), the Sea & Cake were one of the first Chicago post-rock bands, debuting before the term was even known. Their atmospheric, low-key sound feels strangely rootless even as it incorporates influences from bossa nova, '60s and '70s pop, and electronic music. From 1994 on, they established themselves as thoroughly contemporary, forward-looking pop pioneers.

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