Simply put, Cake Like, a three-piece out of New York, suffer from
Kim Gordon syndrome.
Kerri Kenney tries to stretch her low, atonally growly voice to
perform Sonic Youth's Gordon-like tricks but lacks the attitude and
passion behind the vocal. As a result, lyrics such as "where's my
Latin lover?" just don't have the punch of Gordon's emotionally
charged verses.
Cake Like's second full-length outing, Bruiser Queen...