Seven Layer Piano Cakes
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Seven Layer Piano Cakes is an American music project based in Pasadena, California. The project was launched in 2020 by Justin Hoyt, a producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, lawyer, and law professor at the USC Gould School of Law. Seven Layer Piano Cakes released its debut EP "Mood Swings" in 2020, a follow-up EP "The Patriarch" in 2021, and numerous singles including "Middlegame" and "Remy".
History[edit]
Justin Hoyt is originally from San Dimas, California, and a San Dimas High School graduate. Hoyt later earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and law degrees from Brooklyn Law School and the USC Gould School of Law. The origins for the project came while Hoyt was living in New York City and experimenting in combining classical music foundations with modern dream pop and new wave musicality.[1]
In 2017, Hoyt moved back to the Pasadena, California area and launched Seven Layer Piano Cakes in mid-2020. Seven Layer Piano Cakes' self-produced debut EP "Mood Swings," a collection of four piano/vocals songs released in October 2020. A second EP, "The Patriarch," featuring three full productions co-produced by Hope Brush and Ian Stahl, was released in early 2021. The singles "Middlegame" and "Remy" followed and were released in April 2021 and February 2022, respectively. All of Seven Layer Piano Cakes' songs have been mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone of Sterling Sound.[2]
A single, "Endgame," was released on April 1, 2022, and features the artist VRL as co-vocalist.[3][4]
Two singles called "Gumdrops" and "Nebula Eyes" were released later in 2022. Obscure Sound described "Gumdrops" as a "melodic charmer" with "caressing synth tones and harmonious vocals."[5]
Musical style and influences[edit]
Seven Layer Piano Cakes has showcased dream pop, indietronica, synthwave, alternative rock, pop-rock, melodic metalcore, and Western classical music. Seven Layer Piano Cakes' music has been compared to artists such as Beach House, The Beach Boys, Sufjan Stevens, M83, Thrice, Elliott Smith, The Strokes, Grandaddy, Queen, and Elton John. Hoyt has acknowledged such comparisons but has been reluctant to pin a singular label or genre on his influences and musical style.[6]
Discography[edit]
Discography:[7]
- Studio EPs
- Mood Swings (2020)[8]
- The Patriarch (2021)
- Instrumentals and a Mellow One (2021)
- Singles
Personal life[edit]
Beyond music, Justin Hoyt is an attorney and adjunct law professor at the USC Gould School of Law, where he practices and teaches in the arbitration, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution fields. Although a practicing attorney since 2011, Hoyt briefly attended the Juilliard School's Evening Division at various times between 2009 and 2015. He currently resides in Pasadena, California.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "First Listen: Seven Layer Piano Cakes - Middlegame - Jammerzine". jammerzine.com. April 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Seven Layer Piano Cakes". Spotify.
- ↑ "Exploring American Rock Artist Seven Layer Piano Cakes' Latest Releases - ai love music". January 27, 2021.
- ↑ Adams, Margaret (April 5, 2022). "Seven Layer Piano Cakes and VRL Explore the "Endgame"".
- ↑ Mineo, Mike (June 23, 2022). "Seven Layer Piano Cakes - "Gumdrops"".
- ↑ "Seven Layer Piano Cakes - Patriarch (Animal Farm version)". Popmuzik. April 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Seven Layer Piano Cakes on Apple Music". Apple Music.
- ↑ Writer, Laura Latzko Pasadena Weekly Contributing. "Justin Hoyt delivers multilayered songs". Pasadena Weekly.
- ↑ "Seven Layer Piano Cakes Pays Tribute To His Son In A Recent Single, "Remy"". BuzzMusic. March 2, 2022.
- ↑ Sterdan, Darryl. "Seven Layer Piano Cakes | Endgame: Exclusive Premiere | Tinnitist".
- ↑ "Seven Layer Piano Cakes drops a new single 'Middlegame' and has a chat with Jen". April 27, 2021.
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