Dreamcake | ||||
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Released | 12 July 1994 | |||
Recorded | January 10–16, 1994 [1] | |||
Studio | East River, NS (Brennan McGuire's Studio) | |||
Genre | alternative rock | |||
Length | 36:07 | |||
Label | Sub Pop [2] | |||
Producer | Brad Wood [3] | |||
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Dreamcake is the first album by the Halifax, Nova Scotia, band Jale. [3] [4] [5] It was released in 1994 on Sub Pop Records. [6] [7]
The only Jale album with the singer-songwriter-drummer Alyson McLeod, the songs on Dreamcake are considered[ by whom? ] edgier and more emotional than those of Jale's later work.
The closing track, "Promise", written by Jennifer Pierce and Patrick Pentland of Sloan, and sung by Pierce, was released as a single.
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The Chicago Reader wrote that the album "displays a precocious craft that lifts [Jale] well above one-trick-pony status." [10] Exclaim! called Dreamcake one of the ten best Canadian-made Sub Pop records, writing that "hypnotic Halifax pop swirls between the speakers on 'Again,' while 'Mend' threads together elements of jangling twee and paisley-print psychedelia." [11] The Chicago Tribune wrote that "with a bit less aggression than Hole and less cutesy-ness than Shonen Knife, [Jale] incorporate just enough guitar noise to counterbalance all those delightful pop hooks." [12]
Trouser Press wrote: "A diverse collection of contemporary electric indie-pop styles (some audibly influenced by Sloan) from a palette of appealing melodies, gentle harmony singing and buzzing guitar power, the casual-sounding record articulates the longings and frustrations of mindful young women who know when to draw the line and walk away from a bad scene." [13]
All tracks by Jale
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