The band was spotted by Simon Dine in 1987 and quickly signed to Go! Discs . Using their signing advance, the band purchased a recording studio in Kilmarnock , naming it Shabby Road. Work began on their debut album, which was eventually released in 1990. Cake featured the band’s largest worldwide hit single , ” Obscurity Knocks ” as well as a couple of other alternative music hits (” Only Tongue Can Tell ” and “Circling the Circumference”). The band were often compared to The Smiths and the success of Cake in the United States, where it spent three months in the Billboard 200 , led to extensive touring in both the UK and North America in support of the album.
Signed to Go! Discs
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