The Revival Meeting

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Album Info

Release Date: 2017-05-19

Label: Not On Label

And now a word from Helen: "We've been having a ball since October last year chipping away on and off at our new album The Revival Meeting. We love it how its turned out. Its always a thing trying to keep Cake sounding like Cake but making it just a wee bit different from anything we've done before, but we feel like we've nailed it with this album. Tomorrow we finish the mixing which means we have to stop obsessing about getting every little detail just right. Are the strings too loud? Does that backing vocal in the first chorus? That sort of stuff. David's written some ripper songs, his usual mixture of black humour and gentle musings on the general weirdness of life. And there are six sparkling instrumentals in there, two of which feature mandolin parts played by our dearly departed and very much missed mandolin player Andrew Carswell which is pretty special. He gets the last (quiet and thoughtful) word on the album, which is pretty much how it was in Cake when he was around. Now we are looking forward to getting out on the road with this album. Songs always mutate so much in the studio the next step is going to be working out how to play them live in all these gorgeous venues we have lined up. Twenty- eight years and still kicking. Viva Le Cake!"

Produced by David Bridie and Helen Mountfort
Recorded at Haus Bilas Studios Thornbury by Andrew Robinson
Mixed and Mastered by Simon Polinski at Munster Terrace

MFTCC are:
Helen Mountfort: cello and vocals
David Bridie: piano, singing , pump organ
Greg Patten: drums and washing machine
Hope Csutoros: violin
Dean Addison: double bass
Andrew Richardson: guitar ukelele
Andrew Carswell: mandolin

Guest musicians Stella Bridie vocals on Easter Parade and Rabaul Town
Anthony Shortte percussion on Lumpy Pumpy

Thanks – Michael Jackson, Alice, Anne, Emily, Phoebe, Bob R, Jo, Kyla, Jess, Chris, Samantha, Luca, Jude, Karen, Leroy, Darren, Roxie, April, Melinda, Winnie, Stella, Warwick Jolly, Carolyn Thompson, Carolyn Logan, Andrew Penney, Andrew B White, Brett Doig, Graeme Reagan and Mark Bolton of The Planet/MGM, Tilly Morris, Noel and Marijke Addison, Amidel Tribes Stringband, Junior Devils Stringband, George Telek, Gideon Kakabin, Andrew Obst and, of course, Vera the dog. Thanks to all of you who buy the record and coma along to the gigs. To quote Bryan,”Everything we do, we do for you.”

Management: Penney and Logan