Alternative rock band Cake recently released their new album “Showroom of Compassion”, and just like Jack Johnson, it was created in their own 100% solar-powered recording studio.

The guys added the 13 photovoltaic panels back in late summer 2008, with lead vocalist John McCrea saying in a recent interview that it was “inexcusable” for them not to take advantage of the sun beating down over their heads.

“It’s a practicality issue,” he told Glide Magazine. “And we’re not trying to be hippies; that’s for sure! It’s really just like, “OK, we’ve done the research, and energy is going to get more expensive. And we realize we can afford this, and with the world recession right now, going solar is lower than it’s ever been—it’s down 30 or 40 percent. So yeah, not such a bad idea!”

Check out a video of Cake’s solar installation after the jump below.

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