Oui＜Colored Vinyl＞

爽やかポストロックの代表を担うSEA AND CAKE、2000年リリースのポストロック大名盤がカラーリイシュー!

90年代から唄モノポストロックの元祖として様々な傑作を放ってきたSEA AND CAKE。2000年リリースの彼等の最初の到達点でキャリアハイを築いた「OUI」がカラー再発!!リリース元は勿論スリルジョッキー!

現在のライブでも演奏される唄モノポストロックの最高峰『AFTERNOON SPEAKER』を筆頭にさりげなく複雑な展開を見せる『ALL THE PHOTOS』、TORTOISEの影響を感じさせる憂いを帯びた『SEEMINGLY』とこれでもかと繰り出される必殺ソングのオンパレード!
現在のUSインディーの礎にもなったこのアルバムの音に酔いしれて!

In the three-plus years following the release of 1997's The Fawn, the Sea and Cake's ever-busy membership dabbled in solo albums, touring with side projects, and various other responsibilities that come with the territory in the Chicago indie rock scene. But as effortlessly as an April breeze, the quartet reconvened to turn in Oui, quite possibly the finest of the group's five albums to date. Oui brightens up the electroacoustic hybrids first heard on The Fawn with guidance from frontman Sam Prekop's Brazilian-influenced 1999 solo debut and drummer John McEntire's production work on two Stereolab albums. While the looping synths often bogged down the mediocre material on The Fawn, the electronics serve as much better complements here. Prekop turns in some of his catchiest melodies to date, while the band follows suit on the sparkling, funky pop of "All the Photos" and the wobbly, mallet-laden "The Leaf," which makes good on the soothing ballad style introduced on "Window Lights," TSAC's contribution to the 1999 McEntire-scored Reach the Rock soundtrack. A sophisticated pop pleasure from start to finish, Oui is the aural equivalent of a perpetual Indian summer. ~ Jonathan Cohen