Although billed as a solo record, 1988's Messages for the Cakekitchen is effectively the first Cakekitchen album. Sparser and darker than the official band work to follow, it’s more in keeping with the homemade recordings of his Xpressway label brethren.
At times, his vocals sound vaguely gothic (“Reason to Keep Swimming”), while the music alternates between tension-filled electric guitar arrangements (“All the Colours Run Dry”), deliberate acoustic ones (“Nothing That’s New”) and combinations of the two (“Prisoner of a Single Passion”).
Although not as fully realized as its immediate successor, Messages details Jefferies’ signature elements and his keen, individual songwriting style.
Tracklist:
All The Colours Run Dry 2:41
Reason To Keep Swimming 3:47
Prisoner Of A Single Passion 4:42
Nothing That's New 2:49
The Simple Tapestry Of Fate 2:01
If The Moon Dies 4:04
The Cardhouse 3:19
The Greenkeepers 2:39
|Is The Timing Wrong? 9:05
