Cake - Never There

     It's Monday again, and I'm going to try and stave off your start-of-the-week doldrums with a catchy, funky little ditty from everybody's eclectic alternative rock band Cake.

     "Never There", from the band's 1998 album Prolonging the Magic, alloys just the right amount of melancholy subject matter with the perfect level of quirky pop-rock melodic sensibility, and then sets it all atop the foundation of a funky, punchy bassline that will get your head bopping.

     It's bordering on criminal that Cake aren't much bigger than they are, because they are a perfect example of something that's catchy enough to get on the radio while still having some substance that can hold your interest across more than one listen. Hell, if more rock-radio bands were as interesting as Cake, us metalheads might not have to look so far afield to find something cool to jam.