The Cake Sale

Mucho tiempo sin bloguear...Entre semana imposible entre curro,clases y pasando de pelear con el potatillo. Además después de la decepción del concierto de Bloc Party (estuvieron muy correctos y hasta "cercanos", pero a mi no me llegó su directo),pues... creo que he tenido una crisis musical :P También tener que escuchar en el curro todo la mañana y la tarde,cuando toca, Los40, lo cual implica escuchar 4 canciones, 1 novedad y 4 canciones "clásicas", pues... Pero hoy me he levantado con ganas de hacer algo que me gusta, bloguear, aunque apenas tendré tiempo en este rato, y me ha dado por escuchar un disco que tenía por aquí, y me he enamorado de "Last leaf",la canción que abre el disco,cantada por Lisa Hannigan, se trata de varios artistas que forman The Cake Sale. Y por eso iniciamos hoy con ellos. No sé si son buenos o malos, pero a mi me gustan, y creo que la esperanza de "perder mi "particular" gusto musical" no está del todo perdida.



Indie / Rock / Pop

Dublin, Ireland

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Rob Bochnik, Ollie Cole, Brian Crosby, Conor Deasy, Dave Geraghty, Emm Gryner, Lisa Hannigan, Neil Hannon, Glen Hansard, Gemma Hayes, Graham Hopkins, Kevin Horan, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Padraic McMahon, Gary Lightbody, Matt Lunson, Paul Noonan, Nina Persson, Dominic Phillips, Damien Rice, Ken Rice, Josh Ritter, Daniel Ryan, y Nick Seymour.

Info recogida en su MySpace:

The Cake Sale is a band featuring a loose and expansive collective of musicians and writers who have combined to create a 9-song CD of the same name on Oxfam Records. All profits will go to support Oxfams Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work.

Recorded in Dublin last year, the bones of The Cake Sale's tracks were laid down by Bell X1 duo Crosby and Paul Noonan along with Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour and drummer Graham Hopkins. All songs were previously unreleased and recorded specifically for the Cake Sale project with all publishing royalties being donated by their writers. Lead vocals were provided from Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Glen Hansard (The Frames/ ONCE ), Nina Persson (The Cardigans), Gemma Hayes, and Josh Ritter among others. The song "All The Way Down" written by Glen Hansard and subsequently appearing on the soundtrack of indie movie hit ONCE , now features vocals by Gemma Hayes.

Subsequent to the initial recording sessions, vocalists and additional musical parts were recorded in a range of studios and countries according to the touring and recording schedules of the artists involved. On the duet "Some Surprise" Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan (former Damien Rice collaborator) recorded their vocal parts in different countries at completely different times with the song's ultimate success only being proven in the final mix.

"From a creative point of view, I was interested in making a cohesive sounding record for charity by co-ordinating the efforts of a disparate group of people . All the artists involved wanted the Cake Sale to be an authentic album, with all the songs relating to each other in a relevant way" explains Crosby. "There was a really enthusiastic response from everyone who was approached to write songs or perform, which made it a relatively easy project to put together. Everyone got the vibe of what we were trying to achieve. In fact, the only tricky bit was co-ordinating everybody's conflicting schedules ."

After recording Paul Noonan and Brian Crosby left for Tanzania to observe how the proceeds from The Cake Sale would be dispersed. Noonan explains, "Seeing at first hand how the fruits of your labours will be used is at the same time both affirming and humbling. As musicians it was obviously a totally different world for us but it gave us a certainty that the album and the money from those who buy and enjoy it, is working as it should be."

Originally released in Ireland in November 2006, The Cake Sale is a double platinum album in that country. Ireland's Metro Life raved "...a quite dazzling showcase of the Irish music scene." while Hot Press went on to write, "...this is the album other charity records aspire to be."

The Cake Sale (Octubre 2007)



1. Last Leaf -Lisa Hannigan 3:07
2. Vapour Trail -Josh Ritter 3:32
3. Black Winged Bird -Nina Persson 4:07 FREE
4. Some Surprise -Gary Lightbody & Lisa Hannigan 3:18
5. All The Way Down -Gemma Hayes 3:20
6. Too Many People -Glen Hansard 3:42
7. Good Intentions Rust -Conor Deasy 3:01
8. Needles -Lisa Hannigan 4:06
9. Aliens -Neil Hannon 6:31