Upcoming: THE SEA AND CAKE at High Noon Saloon!

We are excited by the return of  The Sea and Cake to perform in Madison at High Noon Saloon on Thursday, December 11, 2014. We’ve greatly enjoyed their last couple appearances … Here’s our review of the last show:

“The MMR crew had been eagerly anticipating The Sea and Cake performance at the Frequency [May 18, 2011], and it certainly lived up to our expectations! The ‘post-jazz-rock-quartet’ Chicago indie darlings were in Madison mid-week on tour with the release of their new album The Moonlight Butterfly. They opened the show with their first live performance of “Covers” and “Up On the North Shore”, both on the new album, and great songs well received by an appreciative full house.

The Sea and Cake is is one of those bands in which each member contributes significantly to the delicate and intricate woven compositions that are the groups signature, and they all have plenty of chops. It’s not often that I leave a show thinking about how much I “loved” the drummer. But John McEntire and Eric Claridge (on bass) keep a strong, weaving rhythm going with business-like intensity. Stoic was the term overheard when an audience member (admiringly) commented on McEntire’s facial expressions as he gave the drums a pummeling. The pictures tell a different story though, a tight intensity evident in eyes squeezed shut, tongue poking out in concentration, while the taut muscles maintain a relentless beat. Of course, the guitar work by Archer Prewitt and Sam Prekop is always admirable. And I’m a fan, so I admired.”

Hope to see you there!