My Friend The Chocolate Cake

Eclectic Australian chamber pop outfit My Friend the Chocolate Cake were founded in 1990 by singer/pianist David Bridie and cellist Helen Mountfort. While the band initially served as a more acoustic-oriented side project of ambient/world music ensemble Not Drowning, Waving, Chocolate Cake quickly found an enthusiastic audience in their native Melbourne and released their eponymous debut album in 1991. A curious mix of folk, pop, Celtic, and semi-orchestral fare in the vein of Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Bridie and Mountfort's second album, 1994's Brood, became a breakout success,...