Mickey Cake’s Jonny Drucker (guitar/vocals) and Graham Corrigan (bass/keys) met when they were 11 years old and played music together throughout high school and college. The band eventually morphed: Jonny and lead guitarist Brian Robertson began playing duets around Philadelphia, eventually convincing the latter’s brother Brett to join on drums. Graham brought his bass down from New York to join in, and a live set began to take shape.
The name Mickey Cake is a nod to Jonny’s early days as a beatmaker. Their debut album, So That You Know, was made up of live takes recorded over the course of one weekend. Sadly, Brett passed away just a month after those sessions. Jonny moved to New Zealand, Graham to Los Angeles. But the music continued: their second album, The Mickey Tape, has been coalescing, slowly but surely, over the last three years.
Mickey Cake have just released a self-titled compilation of tracks 2020’s So That You Know under Analog Machine Records. It features the energetic “Parakeet,” whose title spurs from the idea that being somebody’s pet is a cute idea, but a bit of a trap.
This album is a love story, a crescendo of adoration for an audience of one. Part plea, part sales pitch, all romance. – Graham Corrigan
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