Dreamcake
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| 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.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
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]
