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'''''Downtown Puff''''' is a solo album by [[Edmund Cake]]. Although [[multi-instrumentalist]] Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 July 2010|title=Radio show podcast – New Zealand musician Edmund Cake|url=http://www.wcl.govt.nz/downloads/musicadlib-edmund-cake.mp3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019080941/http://www.wcl.govt.nz/downloads/musicadlib-edmund-cake.mp3 |archive-date=2011-10-19 |access-date=|website=Wellington City Libraries}}</ref> other musicians and singers on the album include [[Anna Coddington]], [[Neil|Neil Finn]] and [[Tim Finn]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-04|title=Bressa Creeting Cake|url=https://albumreviews.blog/reviews/new-zealand-music-reviews/bressa-creeting-cake/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Aphoristic Album Reviews|language=en}}</ref> Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton of Cake's short-lived earlier band and [[Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun]] phenomenon [[Bressa Creeting Cake]], now of [[Goldenhorse]], also appear on the album.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goldenhorse - AudioCulture|url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/goldenhorse|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.audioculture.co.nz|language=en}}</ref>
'''''Downtown Puff''''' is an album by [[Edmund Cake]]. Although released as a solo project, it represents a multitude of musical collaborations, including [[Anna Coddington]], [[Neil|Neil Finn]] and [[Tim Finn]]. Two of the other collaborators were Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton, the other sides of the creative triangle which made up the short-lived [[Flying Nun]] phenomenon [[Bressa Creeting Cake]]. Since the dissolution of the band soon after the release of its acclaimed self-titled album in 1997 Maddock and Wilton have found popular and critical success{{cn|date=June 2015}} with [[Goldenhorse]].


Much of the material on the album was devised while McWilliams was living in a third-floor studio space on Gore Street in [[Auckland]]'s red-light district. This particular audio environment - with its incessant street brawls, strip club pop and [[Doobie Brothers]] hits played by the covers band in the 24-hour bar downstairs - provided a peculiar backdrop for the evolution of delicate instrumentals on tracks such as "Airshow" and "You're Watching Me". It was here too that McWilliams recorded the one-take improvised vocal for "My Son the Harpist", an intentionally free-form lyric which reveals itself to be the story of a complex father/son relationship in a fictitious Pacific village.
McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in [[Auckland]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-17|title=The Genius of Edmund Cake|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/13158683/The-Genius-of-Edmund-Cake|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Edmund Cake - New Zealand Musicians & Bands|url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/1522/edmund-cake|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.muzic.net.nz}}</ref> According to a biography of Cake, the album was influenced by this environment, including "incessant street brawls, strip club pop, and [[Doobie Brothers]] hits played by the covers band in the 24-hour bar downstairs."<ref name=":1" /> The album includes instrumental tracks such as "Airshow" and "You're Watching Me", and vocal tracks such as "Secret Girl" described by McWilliams as a comedy song that 'came out serious'.<ref name=":0" />

== Reception ==
The album was included in the 'best of 2005' list by [[The Clientele]] for [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=2005 Comments & Lists: Artists' Best of 2005|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/6220-2005-comments-lists-artists-best-of-2005/|access-date=2020-06-06|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> It was also included in the 2010 list of 'the best NZ albums I've ever reviewed' by [[Simon Sweetman]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sweetman|first=Simon|date=2010-05-09|title=The best NZ albums I have reviewed|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/3674342/The-best-NZ-albums-I-have-reviewed|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516213645/http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/entertainment/music/3674342/The-best-NZ-albums-I-have-reviewed |archive-date=2019-05-16 |access-date=2020-06-06|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> Cake was nominated for 'Best Producer' for his work on the album at the 2005 bNet New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2005 B-Net NZ Music Awards - Nominees Announced|url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/news/729/b2005-b-net-nz-music-awards-nominees-announcedb|access-date=2020-06-06|website=www.muzic.net.nz}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070625024437/http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/edcake.html Lil' Chief Records: Edmund Cake]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070625024437/http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/edcake.html Lil' Chief Records: Edmund Cake]
* [http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/ Lil' Chief Records]
* [http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/ Lil' Chief Records]

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Latest revision as of 19:05, 10 May 2024

Downtown Puff
Studio album by
Edmund Cake
Released3 June 2004
GenreIndie pop
Length36:39
LabelLil' Chief Records
ProducerEdmund Cake
Lil' Chief Records chronology
Songbook
(2004) 		Downtown Puff
(2004) 		Mars Loves Venus
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Zealand Herald [1]

Downtown Puff is a solo album by Edmund Cake. Although multi-instrumentalist Cake played various instruments and performed vocals on the album,[2] other musicians and singers on the album include Anna Coddington, Neil Finn and Tim Finn.[3] Geoff Maddock and Joel Wilton of Cake's short-lived earlier band and Flying Nun phenomenon Bressa Creeting Cake, now of Goldenhorse, also appear on the album.[4]

McWilliams wrote and recorded many of the songs on the album in a studio on Gore Street - a red-light area in Auckland.[5][6] According to a biography of Cake, the album was influenced by this environment, including "incessant street brawls, strip club pop, and Doobie Brothers hits played by the covers band in the 24-hour bar downstairs."[6] The album includes instrumental tracks such as "Airshow" and "You're Watching Me", and vocal tracks such as "Secret Girl" described by McWilliams as a comedy song that 'came out serious'.[2]

Reception

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The album was included in the 'best of 2005' list by The Clientele for Pitchfork Magazine.[7] It was also included in the 2010 list of 'the best NZ albums I've ever reviewed' by Simon Sweetman.[8] Cake was nominated for 'Best Producer' for his work on the album at the 2005 bNet New Zealand Music Awards.[9]

Track listing

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  1. "Secret Girl" – 3:16
  2. "We Live Like Kings" – 2:11
  3. "Golden Man" – 4:51
  4. "Gunga" – 3:27
  5. "My Son The Harpist" – 4:39
  6. "You're Watching Me" – 3:10
  7. "The Airshow" – 5:08
  8. "Silverdale" – 4:16
  9. "Beautiful Sleep" – 2:33
  10. "Oh Baby Bear" - 3:08

References

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  1. ^ "Edmund Cake: Downtown Puff", The New Zealand Herald, 18 June 2004
  2. ^ a b "Radio show podcast – New Zealand musician Edmund Cake". Wellington City Libraries. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Bressa Creeting Cake". Aphoristic Album Reviews. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Goldenhorse - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  5. ^ "The Genius of Edmund Cake". Stuff. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Edmund Cake - New Zealand Musicians & Bands". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. ^ "2005 Comments & Lists: Artists' Best of 2005". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  8. ^ Sweetman, Simon (9 May 2010). "The best NZ albums I have reviewed". Stuff. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  9. ^ "2005 B-Net NZ Music Awards - Nominees Announced". www.muzic.net.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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