You know those raw emotions I mentioned that “Social Cues” touched on? Well, “Goodbye” has to be the pinnacle of them, and I don’t think Matt could have picked a better finisher for the album. It’s somber and has this amazing analogy of watching a relationship burn to the ground without being able to do anything to stop it, yet wanting so badly to fix things. “Too Late to Say Goodbye” is wonderful, and I have not stopped listening to it since I first heard it back in 2015. Beck adds his uniqueness without overpowering the piece, and the sax in the background is the perfect touch. It’s got this slightly darker, neon cyberpunk tone without dragging the tempo down too much. “Night Running” is another really fun song that I bop to all the time. The entire song is Matt going, “I just wanna play music” and I love it. The people talking in the intro give it a very garage-band live-show feel. However, this song really gets me in the mood to tear down the system. “In One Ear.” Personally, I’m not the biggest punk rock fan. The band is currently working on demos, but no word on new music beyond that.īefore I go into my top five songs I’d like to give a shout out to “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” and “Come a Little Closer.” Those two songs were a big part of my early introduction to the band, and I wouldn’t have listened any further if it weren’t for them. The album felt very experimental and raw, exploring a lot of what Matt Schultz, the lead singer, had been feeling during his divorce. The alt rock aspects had been dropped almost altogether. 2017 saw the release of “Unpeeled,” an album of acoustic and live songs, but there would be no word on the next album until late 2018 even that was simply a message that the fifth album was ready for release.Ģ019’s “Social Cues” was quite different from anything else the band had released. The following years were quiet for the band. Two songs from the album, “Too Late to Say Goodbye” and “Trouble,” saw radio play, and ended up being my real introduction to the band. Their 2015 album, “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” leaned even more into the alternative side “Melophobia” explored.
The song, “Come a Little Closer” became a massive hit, topping multiple charts and seeing widespread radio play. With it, they began leaning more into the alt rock/alternative genres. It wasn’t until 2013, with their third album, “Melophobia,” that they began establishing their own sound. Their next album, “Thank You Happy Birthday,” came in 2011, also with heavy punk rock influences.
Most famously, the album featured “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked,” arguably the song they are most known for. To counter the storage boxes on the left side and right side not being in line, I could move my mic and boxes stand to the right around where the laptop is, and then place an object around the middle of the bottom picture to effectively act as a left wall, which I could try attach panels to (and then i'd have to put my laptop somewhere else).Have you ever listened to one or two songs by an artist and then never visited anything else of theirs until years later, only to realize you really like their music? That’s Cage the Elephant for me.Ĭage the Elephant formed in 2006, though they did not release an album until 2008, with “Cage the Elephant.” At its core, the album was alt rock, however it had heavy punk rock influences, especially with the intro song, “In One Ear,” a middle finger to critics. I'd imagine it probably wouldnt be that convenient for me to set up panels as I have things behind where my mic is so I don't exactly have a flat back wall. (I plan on getting an AT2020USB+ mic and standing it on a soft surface instead of the box so that sound waves dont reflect from underneath the mic)