Cake On Cake has posted yet another new song on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Cake On Cake has posted a brand new song for listening: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Cake On Cake has posted a new song on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Cake On Cake has posted another brand new song on myspace, "Sun chairs": http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Cake On Cake has posted a brand new track on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake

Cake On Cake is still hard at work on her next album and has posted a few more new tracks for preview at her website: http://www.cakeoncake.com/
She's not sure what songs will make the final cut, so this might be the only place you'll get to hear them.

Cake on Cake (aka Helena Sundin) will be releasing her second album this coming fall and has already posted a few preview tracks at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
Helena also reports that she will be contributing track to an upcoming weird-folk/experimental compilation being put together by Tract Records entitled "What are the museums doing?" It should be out later this month.

Tsukimono, the solo project of Johan Gustavsson from Scraps of Tape, will have his "What note, who's note" EP reissed on Ukraine label Arterija as part of their colour series. The disc was originally released as a limited CDR on HEYYOUFUCKINGMAN! and this new version of the disc will feature all new artwork and an additional bonus track called "Svartare av kärlek". In other news, Johan's other project Conduo Orchestra (feat. Kristofer from Ljudbilden & Piloten) will contribute the track "Cicada" to a book/compilation entitled "Hockey rawk" being curated by Swedish artists Peter Larsson and Lars Nilsson. Other artists on the comp will include Testbild!, Vldgmn, Bare Knees, Nim, Cake On Cake and more.

Indieworkshop reviews Cake on Cake: http://indieworkshop.com/music/2270/

Cake on Cake
Live @ Radio Cherokee, St. Louis, MO, 12/15/05

I was stunned when I learned that Sweden's Cake on Cake would be performing at a tiny coffeehouse here in St. Louis. Hey, it ain't cheap to fly newbie artists over from Scandinavia, and clearly, the profit margin won't be high playing at venues with a capacity of a mere coupla dozen enthusiasts. Nonetheless, Helena Sundin, who pretty much IS Cake on Cake (assisted by label boss and sideman Josh Penn onstage), was here in the flesh, and I couldn't have been more delighted. "I see no stars", Cake on Cake's debut, manages to be both lush and lo-fi at the same time: Sundin plays all manner of instruments on the disc, with piano, metallophone and melodica the prominent musical elements. Sundin overdubs harmonies, but for the live show, Penn sang the harmony parts (and a couple of tunes featured tape loops over which Sundin sang and played along). Early problems with mic feedback were handled deftly and charmingly by Sundin; she just patiently waited for Radio Cherokee's sound guys to get it right. The music was sweet, sincere and melodic. Sundin played about ten songs and her wispy, girlish vocals had the rapt attention of the small crowd. Highlights included "Pictures from 1964" (about "the time when my mom was young"), the curiously titled "Fell asleep like an acrobat, woke up like a rock" (which Sundin said was about going out to night clubs) and the sublime "Animals and humans", which was delightfully quirky and managed to make Sundin thoroughly compelling simply by doing an elementary rhythm part with an egg maraca. Sundin's cover of Mojave 3's "Tomorrow's taken" had an extra emotional edge, as she told everyone how much she liked the song, and clearly it had some deep personal connection for her. It's always amazing to me to see artists get a full piano sound out of a tiny onstage electronic keyboard, and Sundin made the most of hers, serving up one childlike little melody after another. She's a soft breeze of an artist, this woman, and despite the modest presentation of both her CD and her onstage performance, Sundin has a substantial, multi-faceted talent that is sure to only get more interesting as time goes on. I left utterly entranced.
- Kevin Renick

The video for "Dreams will come true" from Cake on Cake is now available for viewing from her label's website: http://www.desolationrecords.com/
Don't forget that CoC is currently on tour in the US, so be sure to check the site for dates as well.

Cake On Cake US tourdates:

11/17 - Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
11/18 - Swathmore College, Philadelphia, PA w/Ian Thomas
11/19 - Bard College, Red Hook, NY
11/20 - AS220, Providence, RI
11/22 - SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY
11/23 - Zeitgeist Gallary, Boston, MA w/The Brute Choir
11/25 - Sin-e, New York, NY
11/26 - Warehouse Next door, Washington, DC w/Ryan Newmyer of The Winter Set
12/02 - Earlham College, Richmond, IN w/Elephant Micah and On Fire
12/03 - The Church, Bloomington, IN w/Elephant Micah, Drekka and Volmar
12/04 - Secret Location, Indianapolis, IN w/Red Queen Hypothesis
12/14 - Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
12/15 - Radio Cherokee, St. Louis, MO
12/16 - Murphy's Pub, Memphis, TN w/Antique Curtains
12/18 - Night Light, Chapel Hill, NC
12/21 - Rudyard Kipling, Louisville, KY

Cake On Cake's debut album "I see no stars" will be November 8 on Desolation Records in the US and in Sweden next January.

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Tommy Nilsson - Tiden Före Nu
02. Amy Diamond - This Is Me Now
03. Bodies Without Organs - Prototype
04. Peps Blodsband - Äntligen!
05. Laleh - Laleh
06. Musikal - Mamma Mia
07. Timbuktu - Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
08. CajsaStina Åkerström - De vackraste orden
09. Robyn - Robyn
10. Benny Anderssons Orkester - Bao!
11. Kent - Du & Jag Döden
12. Christian Walz - Paint By Numbers
13. Helena Paparizou - My Number One
14. Carola - Störst av allt
15. Darin - The anthem
16. Magnus Uggla - Den tatuerade generationen
17. Lena Philipsson - Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan
18. Peter Jöback & Göteborgs Symfoniker - Storybook
19. Ulf Lundell - Högtruck
20. Di Leva - Själens krigare: Samlade sånger

Cake on Cake's new album has been delayed until September, but she informs me that the upcoming US tour from November 11 through December 22 will be confirmed shortly.

Cake On Cake reports that their new album "I see no stars" is mastered and will be ready for release at the end of August via Desolation Records. Listen to some samples at their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
Look for them to tour the US in November.

Swedish lofi solo pop act Cake on Cake aka Helena Sundin has signed with US-based label Desolation Records who will release her debut full-length in July. There's also talk of a US tour in November, but nothing's been confirmed quite yet. More info soon.