Cage The Elephant have shared a new track, “House of Glass.” The angular and anxious track teeters on a razor’s edge – with new wave guitar and nervous confessions, and is a highlight of their forthcoming fifth studio album. Social Cues is released April 19th on Columbia Records. The song is available as an instant grat along with the single, “Ready To Let Go” for those who pre-order the album HERE.
Cage The Elephant have also recently announced The Night Running US Tour where they will be co-headlining with Beck, who is featured on the album track “Night Running.” Spoon will open all dates as a special guest with additional support from Starcrawler, Sunflower Bean and Wild Belle in select cities. Prior to the tour, the band is headlining Shaky Knees Festival on May 4th in Atlanta.
Cage The Elephant play the following UK shows –
June
Fri14th London, Heaven Sold Out
Mon 17th Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms Sold Out
Tues 18th Birmingham, Institute 2 Sold Out
Social Cues was produced by John Hill (Santigold, Florence + The Machine, Portugal. The Man, tUnE-yArDs), recorded at Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville and The Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst and mastered by Randy Merrill in New York City.
Deeply inspired by punk music, brothers Matt and Brad Shultz began playing music in high-school with fellow students Jared Champion and Daniel Tichenor. Shortly after forming the band, they made the bold move to London to begin their career. Their self-titled debut album gained them international attention, catapulting them up the Billboard Alternative and Rock charts and achieving RIAA Platinum certification. Cage the Elephant has released three additional studio albums – 2011’s Thank You, Happy Birthday, the Gold-certified Melophobia and the GRAMMY®-winning Tell Me I’m Pretty. At radio, Cage The Elephant holds the record for the most #1 Alternative songs of any artist this decade. Cage The Elephant have had 7 Billboard #1 singles with 11 singles landing in the Billboard Top 10 and digitally have a combined 1.5 billion streams worldwide. Their most recent release was their expansive live album, Unpeeled, which found the band performing stripped down and backed by a string quartet and a choir. Based in Nashville, Cage The Elephant is vocalist Matt Shultz, rhythm guitarist Brad Shultz, drummer Jared Champion, bassist Daniel Tichenor, lead guitarist Nick Bockrath and keyboardist Matthan Minster.
