Cake’s iconic 2001 single ‘Short Skirt/Long Jacket’ gets a bold new life as Chris Lake, Kenny Beats and Chris Lorenzo join forces for ‘Long Jacket’, a rework arriving August 28th via Long Jacket Music. Bringing together Chris Lake and Chris Lorenzo’s established dancefloor chemistry with Kenny Beats’ genre-blurring production style, the track takes one of Cake’s most recognisable songs and reimagines its unmistakable alt-rock character through a club-ready, bass-driven lens, built for peak-time moments and destined to catch even longtime fans off guard.

Where Cake’s original leaned on trumpet stabs, vibraslap and John McCrea’s unmistakable delivery, ‘Long Jacket’ strips the source down to its most hypnotic elements and rebuilds around a rolling low end and razor-sharp percussion. Chris Lake and Chris Lorenzo bring their trademark precision-engineered dancefloor sensibility, while Kenny Beats contributes the kind of left-field production ear that has made him one of the most sought-after names across hip-hop and beyond. The result is a rework that honours Cake’s off-kilter charm while dragging it firmly onto the dancefloor.

Check out the preview here: https://soundcloud.com/chris-lorenzo-1/long-jacket-teaser.

First released in 2001 on Cake’s album Comfort Eagle, ‘Short Skirt/Long Jacket’ peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart and went Platinum in the US. Instantly recognizable for its wry lyricism and unmistakable groove, the song found a second life as the opening theme to the hit TV series Chuck, cementing its place as one of the most enduring alt-rock anthems of its era. More than two decades on, ‘Long Jacket’ introduces the track to an entirely new audience. The track has gathered massive online excitement as one of the most anticipated ID’s of the year that is sure to be met with much elation by fans new and old.

Chris Lake commented about the collaboration,“Getting Kenny and Chris Lorenzo in the same room was chaos in the best way. Three totally different brains on one track. Kenny’s coming from a completely different world, Chris and I have that shorthand from years of working together, it just all clicked.”

Chris Lorenzo shares: “Working with Kenny is something Chris [Lake] and I have wanted to do for a while, so it was really exciting when the opportunity came together. Almost immediately, the idea for this track clicked once Kenny showed us the original vocal from CAKE. There was something about the vocal that gave us a really strong direction, and the track came together naturally from there.

We’ve been playing it in our sets for the better part of a year now, and it’s consistently been one of those records that stands out every time we play it. The reaction has been incredible, and it’s been really cool watching the track evolve and connect with people before it’s even officially been released. Bringing together Chris Lake, Kenny Beats, CAKE and myself [Chris Lorenzo] on one record feels pretty special, and I’m really excited for everyone to finally hear it.”

With ‘Long Jacket’, Chris Lake, Kenny Beats and Chris Lorenzo bring three distinct corners of the music world together for something genuinely unexpected, a testament to how far a great song can travel when it’s placed in the right hands. ‘Long Jacket’ is out August 28th via Long Jacket Music.

Pre-save Long Jacket via cobrand.com/d/ChrisLorenzo/LongJacket.