Stadium Cake

Stadium Cake is the debut album of Australian pop/folk band Oh Pep! It was released on June 24, 2016, and is the band's fourth release after three EPs: Oh Pep!, II and Living.

Stadium Cake
Studio album by
Oh Pep!
ReleasedJune 24, 2016
GenreFolk-pop[1]
Length43:54
LabelDualtone Records (North America)
Star House Collective (Europe)[2]
Barely Dressed Records (Australia, New Zealand)[3]

Production

Oh Pep! consists of two members, Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs. While producing Stadium Cake, the band sought to explore different musical styles to their previous EPs. Hally said in 2015, “We’re more aware now of exactly what we want with our sound, and for that matter exploring sounds that we haven’t used before. [...] There’s more of a pop influence this time, some rock."[4] Stadium Cake was recorded in Nova Scotia,[1][5] and the band worked in multi-track for the first time.[1]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Bushwick"3:11
2."Wanting"3:10
3."Crazy Feels"4:53
4."Doctor Doctor"3:16
5."Trouble Now"3:24
6."Tea, Milk & Honey"5:22
7."Only Everyone"3:38
8."The Situation"4:23
9."Happenstance"3:24
10."The Race"2:52
11."Seven Babies"3:01
12."Afterwards"3:20
Total length:43:54

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!7/10[6]
Rolling Stone Australia[7]

Stadium Cake was generally received favourably by music critics. Bob Boilen, who had championed the band since their appearance at the 2015 Americana Music Festival, wrote that Stadium Cake "expands on Hally and Emmerichs' talents, to the point where it surprised me how detailed and intricate they are as both players and listeners."[5] Bryan Hood, writing for The Village Voice, described it as an "engaging album of folk-pop, one that'll be good for fans of the genre to put on repeat this summer."[1]

Kyle Mullin for Exclaim! called the album "accomplished enough to leave a mark of its own on future folk and indie pop artists."[6] Doug Wallen for Rolling Stone Australia wrote that the album's best moments "retain the Melbourne duo’s folky intimacy, even as they stretch their sound every which way", and in particular praised the track "Doctor Doctor", which "nails Taylor Swift's pop smarts and sloganeering alike."[7]

The album's lead single, "Doctor Doctor", received worldwide airplay. It ranked at #36 on the CBC Music's top 100 radio songs of 2016.[8] The track also appeared in season one of the television program The Bold Type.[9] Stephen Goodhew, music director of FBi Radio in Sydney, Australia, included "Doctor Doctor" among the year's top 10 songs, writing: "Being honest with yourself is something that I think a lot of people struggle with and it’s a theme the duo tackle head on here. With lyrics and melodies this strong, I can’t help but feel like this band is criminally under-appreciated in our own country."[10] Collin Brennan for Consequence of Sound praised the track "Bushwick" as "pop at its most kinetic."[11]

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References
  1. Bryan Hood (2016) "Oh Pep! Aim for the Big Leagues With an Ambitious Folk-Pop Debut" The Village Voice, 29 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. "Oh Pep!" Star House Collective official website. Archived 4 September 2017.
  3. Oh Pep! Barely Dressed Records official website. Archived 4 September 2017.
  4. Adam Norris, "Oh Pep!" The Brag. Retrieved July 21, 2016
  5. Bob Boilen (2016) "Review: Oh Pep!, 'Stadium Cake'" NPR Music, 16 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. Mullin, Kyle (July 1, 2016). "Oh Pep! - Stadium Cake". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  7. Wallen, Doug. "Oh Pep! - Stadium Cake". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  8. Jeanette Cabral (2016) "The Radio 2 Top 100 Songs of 2016" CBC Music, 14 December 2016. Archived 4 September, 2017.
  9. The Bold Type Official Music Guide Season 1 Freeform. Archived 4 September 2017.
  10. "Stephen Goodhew’s top 10 songs of 2016" Happy, 20 December 2016. Archived 4 September 2017.
  11. Collin Brennan (2016) "Australian duo Oh Pep! get moving on new single “Bushwick” — listen" Consequence of Sound, 6 May 2016. Archived 4 September 2017.
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