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Cake's fifth album, Pressure Chief, was recorded in June 2004 in a converted house in Sacramento ; the album was again released on Columbia Records.

Before its official release date on October 5, the band played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and KBCO's World Class Rockfest.

The album was also preceded by its first single, " No Phone ", which hit number 13 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart ; the song covered the ubiquitous and privacy-invading use of cell phones, and was described by Jeremy Mahadevan of the New Straits Times as " a traditionally minimalist Cake anthem, with a killer melody and, unique to this album, fairly extensive use of synths ".

A second single, " Wheels ", was also released but failed to chart.

Pressure Chief itself hit number 17 on the Billboard top 200, spending 7 weeks in the charts, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Although it was acknowledged as a continuation of their old work, albeit with an increased use of synthesisers, Sam Spies of the Richmond Times-Dispatch noted that " the experiments in style that made Cake fun to listen to have all but disappeared from ' Pressure Chief ' ... What's left is mostly uninspired, so-called alternative rock ", and Graeme Hammond of the Sunday Herald Sun wrote that " the melodies are listless, the album bereft of anything with the verve of Short Skirt / Long Jacket or Comfort Eagle ".