Editing Cake (band) (section)

==Musical style==
[[File:Cake band logo.svg|200px|right|thumb|The band logo used on album covers]]

Cake incorporates a wide range of genres into its music, including [[country music]], [[mariachi]],<ref name="ps1">{{cite news|title=Cake Bakes Sounds With Jazz Influences|last=Givens|first=Amy|date=August 6, 1999|work=[[The Post-Standard]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]}}</ref> [[new wave music|new wave]], [[college rock]], [[jazz]],<ref name="allm"/> [[funk]], [[Music of Iran|Iranian folk music]], [[Música popular brasileira|Brazilian music]], and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Comfort Eagle is modest slice of new Cake album|last=McCoy|first=Heath|date=August 16, 2001|work=[[Calgary Herald]]|publisher=[[Postmedia Network]]}}</ref> McCrea himself cites [[Hank Williams]], [[Tom Zé]], the [[Golden Gate Quartet]], and [[Sly and the Family Stone]] as particular influences.<ref name="wid">{{cite news|title=Let Them Be Cake|last=Wiederhorn|first=John|date=December 2001|work=Onstage}}</ref> The band is most often noted for four things: the prominence of DiFiore's trumpet lines;<ref name="ps1" /><ref>{{cite news|title=A weekly trip through the new-release aisle of your local music store|last=Phillips|first=Sam|date=August 11, 2001|work=The Washington Times|publisher=[[News World Communications]]}}</ref> McCrea's ironic, sarcastic lyrics;<ref>{{cite news|title=Let them hear Cake|last=Henry|first=Craig|date=August 17, 2001|work=[[UWIRE]]}}</ref> his "droll, deadpan&nbsp;...&nbsp;monotone" vocals;<ref>{{cite news|title=Cake recipe mixes diverse elements Leader McRea goes own way in songwriting|last=Brown|first=G.|date=December 14, 2001|work=The Denver Post|publisher=[[MediaNews Group]]}}</ref> and the use of the [[vibraslap]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nobody loves a vibraslap more than Cake|first=Marah|last= Eakin|date=September 14, 2015|work=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/nobody-loves-a-vibraslap-more-than-cake-1798284264}}</ref> DiFiore's trumpet work originated with McCrea's desire for a second melodic instrument to go with a song he had written; "A lead guitar playing those lines would have been really hokey. I like it when it's a [[contrapuntal]] thing, where the guitar is doing one melody, the vocal is doing another melody, and the trumpet plays this third melody. If the music can be transparent enough, you can hear all three at the same time".<ref name="wid" />