X96 Meet the Bands | Cake X96
b'As they approach their twentieth anniversary, CAKE\\u2019s adherence to their original guiding principles has only grown stronger. Formed during the nineties as a somewhat antagonistic answer to grunge, CAKE\\u2019s democratic processes, defiant self-reliance, and lucid yet ever-inventive music has made them a nation-state unto themselves, with no obvious peers, belonging to no school. In addition to writing, arranging, producing, and performing their own music, they have taught themselves to engineer their recording projects in their own solar-powered studio, which actually generates more power than is needed to run it, causing the building\\u2019s electrical meter to run in reverse. CAKE\\u2019s most recent album, Showroom of Compassion, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and was touted as \\u201cdeadpan brilliance\\u201d by the New Yorker. The band is currently in the recording studio working on their ninth album due for release in 2017.'