Demo update 23/2/22 - Now with added @expendablefriend
Recording is from a phone recording of rehearsal and may be a little cymbal heavy.
This song was started pre-FAWM on our band slack page. Conversation went like this:
Jacqui: I'm so sad it's not February yet. I really want someone to post a song called "Ambushed by cake". But I fear that by Feb 1st the moment will have passed.
Helen: please do extrapolate, Jacqui
Jacqui: https://twitter.com/maitlis/status/1486052230423883776?s=20
"emily maitlis
A supporter of the Prime Minister has just told c4news that Boris Johnson was “ ambushed with cake"
Sorry to drag the tone down with politics!
Helen: Oh right - not writing political shit. Too depressing.
Jacqui: I think I'd just write about cake....mmmm, cake.
Helen: Damn you, Jacqui!
"I was talking to my colleague and then it happened...
Talking through financials and then it happened...
Power point presentation and then it happened...
Oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake!"
Jacqui: :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
We had band practice tonight, but it was just me and Stewart, so we decided to finish writing it. First verse and bridge lyrics are from January
Helen: vocals and guitar
Stewart: bass and backing vocals
Jacqui: bad/good ideas
Marked NSFW for the liner notes rather than the song.
I was talking to my colleague and then it happened...
Going through financials and then it happened...
Power point presentation and then it happened...
Oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake!
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Oh oh oh, I was ambushed by cake
I was writing lots of emails then it happened...
Putting paper in the printer then it happened...
I was on the phone to IT when it happened...
Oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake!
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Oh oh oh, I was ambushed by cake
Victoria Sponge was victorious
The battenburg battered me
Pancake's not a real cake
But it still flattened me
I was in a zoom meeting then it happened...
Appraisal going badly then it happened...
Boss said I was crap and then it happened...
Oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake!
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Ambushed by cake
Oh oh oh, I was ambushed by cake
@chrisshepard Mar 2022
I would go see this band live.
@taracraig Feb 2022
Brilliant! “Oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake” is a total ear worm. The bridge is fantastic and the verses paint a wonderful picture of simply going about daily business, then BAM ambushed by cake! Way to take something ridiculous and turn it into a super fun and catchy song.
@gordon Feb 2022
Finally got round to listening to this, and not disappointed. Traces of Lena Lovitch in there? Excellent!
@sw1n3flu Feb 2022
This HAS to be played at the London FOP. Banger!!!
@sapient Feb 2022
Cake, eh? Clearly it's just one of those things can happen to anyone, right?
If everything that the bloody Tories did was done solely for the benefit of creating songs like this then maybe I wouldn't hate them so much.
Oh, wait, yes I would.
I'll just leave at it being very happy with this song, I reckon ;)
@crutherford Feb 2022
AMBUSHED BY CAKE!!! might be the best line ever. This is hilarious. Especially the bridge. Loads of fun listening to this.
Gracias!
@johncrossman Feb 2022
This song made me smile so much, and I laughed out loud at pancake. Plus it was nonstop riotous fun. Most of the time I wouldn't mind this type of sneak attack.
@gilhari Feb 2022
Hah! Come for the title, stay for the cake–it will get you every time! Nicely done.
@karan Feb 2022
And yet another classic has seen the light of the world! I look forward to singing this with you and absolutely everyone when we can finally gather again for a FOP!
@debs Feb 2022
...and now I'm going to have it in my head too. Thanks @artie. :P This is so deliciously weird and has such great energy. Thank you for acknowledging pancakes ahhhh yis!
@artie Feb 2022
Woooo tasty treat for the ears! I love the rawness so much. And your pancake line... damn that put a smile on my face. :D
Edit: I've been singing this song to myself non-stop since hearing it!
@elesimo Feb 2022
Hahahaha, this is amazing! Love the song, I'm a fan.
@zecoop Feb 2022
YES!!! Win for the title, win for the good decisions being made. Win for the energy. And a big win for cake. I found out that it is hard to keep headphones on while smiling ear to ear, stretching your face out. ;)
Cheers to you all!!!
@cubizm Feb 2022
Wow! So refreshing! This song is old style, 80's sounding punk. Pancake's not a real cake, but it still flattened me. LOVE IT!
I am adding you. Want to hear all of your music.
@mal Feb 2022
Totally having breakfast cake before work tomorrow.
@tokenblackhole Feb 2022
Hahahahahaha! Wry and snarky, just like an anti-authoritarian punk song should be. The Britishness gives it more street cred. Loved!
@iwilleatyou Feb 2022
What the....guys this is awesome! More like this or I won't listen to your songs anymore.
@headfirstonly Feb 2022
Yeah, and what I want to know is why aren't I ever ambushed by cake? Or prosecco, for that matter?
(pouts)
So much fun. "Pancake's not a real cake" is *priceless*. Great start to FAWM too!
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Fun quirky hook and great driving delivery. I suspect this is going to stick in my mind as I’ve been ambushed by cake music!
@pooka Feb 2022
My fiancée kept pushing me to write a song called "Ambushed by Cake" for FAWM. I said something like, "wait for a while and Helen will probably write one."
True story.
@tomslatter Feb 2022
Yeah, it happens. Once I was ensnared by a trifle.
This is lots of fun and the 'oh oh oh I was ambushed by cake' is genuinely a great hook.
@caseewilson Feb 2022
Perfection!!! Thank you for cracking me up on my long bus ride to work!! So damn catchy too....
@sherrylynnlee Feb 2022
You've given me the giggles of the day lol. Nice job!!
@the3queens Feb 2022
Hahaha hysterical! Great hook. "Pancakes aren't a real cake"?? ( unless you add whipped cream and sprinkles.) And now I have a cake earworm.
@cowex Feb 2022
NICE! That title really takes the... I mean, you make the vocal delivery sound like a piece of... I mean, that choral hook is spreading through my house like hot... I mean... I'm havin' it, and I'm eatin' it.
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
I had to look up the context for this one because the lyrical hook is so delicious (so to speak)
I dig this style of delivery - I'm hearing it equally as:
a) the perpetual frustrations of an overworked office worker who really doesn't like the shared morning tea aspect of the workplace, especially enforced shared morning teas, and
b) the adrenaline-filled lament of a victim of serial pieing-in-the-face by vengeful desserts!
@auditasum Feb 2022
Your energy is infectious :D The best punk song about cake I've heard by far. Many very clever lines in here. I love "The battenburg battered me"
@aeye Feb 2022
I can think of worse things to be ambushed by. This is great! Such a fun song
@dragondreams Feb 2022
Fabulous! Sums up the farce very neatly, and with so much energy!
@valeriecox Feb 2022
Did someone say cake? The best ambushing tool ever. Great energy! Loads of fun.
@jimdgreen Feb 2022
Wow, so much feel and character. Plus. This song had to exist, and you where clearly meant to birth it!
@johnnycashpoint Feb 2022
Cake makes everything at least OK for a moment. Good work for from all of you GJ kids! That said it's no "David Cameron" :) j$
@jackdawfactories Feb 2022
I love it when I can hear how much fun people are having, and you sound like you're having a whale of a time!
@seemanski Feb 2022
Brilliant, extremely entertaining. Loved the back story behind how you wrote it.
@kissinginpublic Feb 2022
Hahah! Genius. The lyrics are amazing!
@bassman10 Feb 2022
I prefer pie, but if I had to be ambushed I would accept cake.
@p3t3h4rv3y Feb 2022
Power point presentation! This is so great..
there was a band called the Gymslips who I loved and you lot sound like them - come and play in Southampton sometime