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The Sea and Cake is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of John McEntire, Gastr del Sol and Tortoise. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sea and Cake arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The American Analog Set, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo, Stereolab and Karate, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into American Football, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Sea and Cake, reaching back through John McEntire and forward to American Football. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Sea and Cake is an American indie rock band based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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The Sea and Cake connections
The Sea and Cake grew out of John McEntire, Gastr del Sol and Tortoise, shares an orbit with The American Analog Set, Tortoise, Yo La Tengo and Stereolab, went on to shape American Football. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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