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

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

  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

  1. ↑ "Edmund Cake: Downtown Puff", The New Zealand Herald, 18 June 2004
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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