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FEATURE: Cake
“I didn’t take it for granted that there was so much consumption. It seemed crazy to me, sort of excessive, even as a child.”
From their 1994 debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, to their recently released sixth outing, Showroom of Compassion, alt-rock outfit Cake have displayed an obsession with cars.
Rather than celebrating the great American automobile, a la the Beach Boys’ Little Deuce Coupe or I Get Around, the Sacramento, California, band explored the darker side of driving via songs like Long Line of Cars, Carbon Monoxide or 1996 breakthrough single The Distance.
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