{"title":"Cage the Elephant","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy cannily synthesizing many of the sonic signifiers of alternative rock, Cage the Elephant have earned continued mainstream success and critical acclaim. The Kentucky natives relocated to England just before the 2008 release of their eponymous debut, landing a transatlantic hit with \"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked.\" Over the coming years, they became a reliable fixture on American modern rock radio, with two albums going gold (2011's Thank You Happy Birthday and 2013's Melophobia), and a Grammy Award for their 2015 album, the Dan Auerbach-produced Tell Me I'm Pretty. Cage the Elephant repeated this success on 2019's Social Cues, which also won a Best Rock Album Grammy. After a five-year gap, the band returned with a new single, \"Neon Pill,\" in early 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormed by Matt Shultz, Brad Shultz, Jared Champion, Lincoln Parish, and Daniel Tichenor, the group signed with Relentless and released the \"Free Love\" single late in 2007. A support slot for the Pigeon Detectives beckoned in early 2008, and follow-up single \"Ain't No Rest for the Wicked\" reached the Top 40 in June. The group's self-titled debut followed soon after, becoming a respectable commercial and critical success. They continued to build momentum over the next few years, touring steadily and appearing at major festivals like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza while working on their follow-up. Cage the Elephant's second album, Thank You Happy Birthday, proved to be their breakout. Released at the beginning of 2011, it debuted at number two on the album charts, thanks in part to the hit \"Shake Me Down.\" In early 2012, the band released the live audio\/video package Live from the Vic in Chicago, which captured performances from their sold-out two-night run at the famous Chicago venue. Returning to the studio, the band recorded its third album, Melophobia. Released in October 2013, the album saw Cage collaborating with Alison Mosshart (the Kills, the Dead Weather) and featured the modern rock radio hit \"Come a Little Closer.\" During the Melophobia era, Cage the Elephant parted ways with their founding guitarist, Lincoln Parish, who became a producer for other artists in Nashville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late 2015, the band released its fourth album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, which was produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. The ensemble embarked on both nationwide and European tours in promotion of the record throughout 2016 to rapturous success; the album would later win the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2017. Cage the Elephant continued performing throughout early 2017 with a series of intimate, stripped-down, unplugged shows around the States that spanned their entire back catalog. The performances were captured and chronicled in their second live release, Unpeeled, which arrived in the early summer of 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCage the Elephant returned in 2019 with Social Cues, which was heavily influenced by Matt Shultz's divorce. Exploring dark emotions, it was produced by John Hill and included the single \"Ready to Let Go\" along with \"Night Running,\" featuring Beck. It became the band's second straight album to win the Grammy for Best Rock Album. After contributing a cover of \"The Unforgiven\" to The Metallica Blacklist tribute album in 2021, Cage the Elephant reunited with Hill to record their sixth album at Texas' Sonic Ranch studios. Its vibrant title track, \"Neon Pill,\" appeared in January 2024. ~ Chris True, Rovi\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cage-the-elephant-cage-the-elephant","title":"CAGE THE ELEPHANT","description":"\u003cp\u003eCAGE THE ELEPHANT is a Records \u0026amp; LPs from Cage The Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: DDD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 10\/20\/2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest Sellers: Top Seller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cage The Elephant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43693443350761,"sku":"ZTKXIW-B8AV-00","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Cage-The-Elephant-CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT_XUtmY.jpg?v=1749011017"},{"product_id":"cage-the-elephant-thank-you-happy-birthday","title":"Thank You, Happy Birthday","description":"\u003cp\u003eA time warp mash of the Pixies, Oasis, the Arctic Monkeys, and Kasabian that hails from, of all places, Bowling Green, KY, Cage the Elephant are out of step, out of style, and out of place on their second effort, like alt-rock kids trapped in an indie rock world. Thank You Happy Birthday bangs hard on the guitars and swaggers like the Shins never happened, but once hot, fast tracks like \"2024\" and \"Right Before My Eyes\" sink their hooks into the listener, it doesn't matter much that the band is an odd patchwork quilt of alt-rock nostalgia. If this was some supergroup that splintered off the Smashing Pumpkins it would make perfect sense, but these memorable songs are delivered with the same energetic push the band displayed on its self-titled debut, so the strong sense of purpose is intact. Big, winding numbers like \"Aberdeen\" and \"Indy Kidz\" display growth and the electronica touches found throughout the effort are welcome acknowledgments that this is a post-Radiohead world. While the grand and sometimes snotty lyrics might not be to all tastes, anyone who misses the days when rock radio loved Nirvana and Blur will find his retro rave-up easy to embrace. ~ David Jeffries\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 01\/11\/2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest Sellers: Top Seller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cage The Elephant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43693477036265,"sku":"QABG0U-QAFI-00","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Cage-The-Elephant-Thank-You-Happy-Birthday_IfaGQ.jpg?v=1742429934"},{"product_id":"cage-the-elephant-melophobia-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card","title":"Melophobia (180 Gram Vinyl, Digital Download Card)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong new millennial '90s alt-rock revivalists, Cage the Elephant are distinguished by their elegantly sculpted melodicism and their eagerness to smooth their scuzz-rock -- equal parts Pixies and classic Nuggets -- to make their rock palatable to the masses. The two characteristics go hand and hand -- good melodies always beg for proper presentation -- and CTE's predilection for polish isn't without precedent: Pixies producer Gil Norton was many things but raw was not one of them. To their considerable credit, Cage the Elephant don't sound stuck in any one of their possible pasts on 2013's Melophobia, their third album and their most assured LP to date. Influences and heroes can be heard -- the Pixies, sure, but also the Strokes on the tightly wound \"Take It or Leave It,\" the Kills (whose Alison Mosshart guests on \"It's Just Forever\") -- but Cage the Elephant aren't recycling, they're synthesizing, mashing big, and swinging jagged guitars with candied melodies, furious rhythms, a slight hint of soul, and an echo of new wave. Melophobia is a thoroughly modern rock record, where all the past is alive in the present, so if you've ever had affection for any alt-rock sound from the '80s through the 2000s, it's hard not to find something to enjoy here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Cage The Elephant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43693477101801,"sku":"DA76LV-E7O8-00","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Cage-The-Elephant-Melophobia-180-Gram-Vinyl-Digital-Download-Card_lhIYg.jpg?v=1740874449"},{"product_id":"cage-the-elephant-tell-me-im-pretty-180-gram-vinyl-gatefold-lp-jacket","title":"Tell Me I'm Pretty (180 Gram Vinyl, Gatefold LP Jacket)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn their fourth album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, Kentucky rock band Cage the Elephant still can't shake their influences. Over the course of Cage the Elephant's career, each step along the way has attracted attention for the sounds they incorporated: Nirvana, Beck, the Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, the White Stripes, Pixies. Now, enter the Black Keys. It's no surprise, given that the head Key, Dan Auerbach, produced the album at his Easy Eye Studio in Nashville. Entwined in their Southern-fried rock sound, Auerbach brings an organic production to Tell Me I'm Pretty, reportedly using first takes and scratch vocals. So while the band's sound has softened somewhat -- there's less rollicking fury and the feral edges have been smoothed (most notably on the plaintive beauty \"How Are You True\") -- the fresh depth and grit heard here are reminiscent of Arctic Monkeys' evolution once they hooked up with Josh Homme. As with that relationship, the young band's sound naturally takes on the flavor of the producer's band, and it's mostly for the better. Auerbach's signature Black Keys sound pops up on a few tracks: most notably on first single \"Mess Around,\" which is a perfect El Camino hip-shaker, as well as the stomping \"Punchin' Bag.\" Elsewhere, glimmers of former ferocity briefly pop up, especially on the sneering sleazy album closer \"Portuguese Knife Fight,\" which sounds like \"Down on the Street\" Iggy Pop fronting the aforementioned Arctic Monkeys lads. For fans of the \"old\" Cage, the sparkly twang of \"Trouble\" harks back to their Pixies hero worship heyday: it apes \"Where Is My Mind?\" so expertly it even includes the line \"God don't let me lose my mind.\" Despite the clear connections, it's not completely derivative. Cage the Elephant are maturing and their songs have a new heft to them, which may drive away some old diehards but will certainly attract new followers. ~ Neil Z. 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