my lungs will be so fucked up

new cake is always good.
the latest effort is (surprisingly) nearly trumpet-less, which is one of the reasons i first started to listening to them. But at this point it has gone way beyond that, and ive formulated some strong emotional bond to their sound. A lot more singing rather than speak-singing...
and A lot more synthy pop noises going on in the trumpets absense, along with maybe a bagpipe and maybe an acordian...but im not for certain...its prolly just the keyboard confusing me. But definitely a banjo.
There are always songs on every album that draw parallels with songs from other albums, but this one is missing a couple of those staples. I miss the ultra guitar led song (i guess its supposed to be "no phone" but the drums and vocals end up winning in the end)
but i miss, more so, the ultra somber sad song. The closest thing would have to be "Tougher than it is"...which is cool in an existential way, but has a pretty strong hiphop beat to it. I like how the song toward the middle just starts repeating "some people like to make life a little tougher than it is"....as the song seems to just get simpler and simpler...not that there is a huge breakdown from a really complicated tune, i guess its very subtle.

This is their most danceable/easily enjoyable album, and by far the most well produced....but not the best.
But in a world where their genre is pretty dated (or maybe it never existed), they still bring the shit...
like this...

"...and the muscular cyborg german dudes, dance with sexy french-canadians....while the overweight americans wear their patriotic jumpsuits"
"too much carbon monoxide for me to bare....where's the air??? (x5)"

they are on tour with the decemberists...a good match i feel.