Album 999 - this Cake isn't a lie

I always meant to listen to Cake, they were one of those bands hovering on the edge of the music I knew and listened to. Never did. But their 1996 album Fashion Nugget was number 999 so I finally got around to it.

I think the album has that slight deliberate weird maybe not quite in tune thing that Pavement do so well. Also they sound like Beck, with a nice alternative 90s style.

What really made us take notice were their two unexpected cover songs - I Will Survive and Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps. I love good, slightly sarcastic sounding covers by artists you'd never expect to do a good job on the song.

Rating: 6/10

Standout song: The covers I mentioned

Will we buy it: Yep