Cage The Elephant - 2019 - Social Cues [FLAC]
Artist: Cage The Elephant
Title: Social Cues
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Producer: John Hill
Release Date: April 19, 2019
Recorded: 2018 at Battle Tapes Recording, Blackbird Studio and Sound Emporium in Nashville, Tennessee and Village Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California
Label: RCA Records
Catalog: 19075-92792-2
Barcode: 1 9075-92792-2 9
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Duration: 44:34
Cage The Elephant:
Wikipedia:
Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, that formed in 2006 and relocated to London, England, in 2008 before their first album was released. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Matt Shultz, rhythm guitarist Brad Shultz, lead guitarist Nick Bockrath, guitarist and keyboardist Matthan Minster, bassist Daniel Tichenor, and drummer Jared Champion. Lincoln Parish served as the band's lead guitarist from their formation in 2006 until December 2013, when he left on good terms to pursue a career in producing. The band's first album, Cage the Elephant, was released in 2008 to much success, spawning several successful radio singles and gained the band a large following in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It was influenced by classic rock, funk, and blues music.
The band's second album, Thank You, Happy Birthday, was heavily influenced by punk rock as well as bands such as Pixies and Nirvana. The band's third album, Melophobia, was the band's concerted effort to find its own distinct musical identity. Melophobia earned the group a Grammy Award nomination in 2015 for Best Alternative Music Album. Cage the Elephant's fourth album, Tell Me I'm Pretty, produced by Dan Auerbach, was released on December 18, 2015. The album won the award for Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The band released a live album, Unpeeled, on July 28, 2017. Their fifth studio album, Social Cues, was released on April 19, 2019
Social Cues:
Wikipedia:
Social Cues is the fifth studio album by American rock band Cage the Elephant. Announced on January 31, 2019, the album was released on April 19, 2019.
On November 26, 2018, the band announced on Twitter that their new album was "Done. Mixed. Mastered." On January 31, 2019, the band officially released "Ready to Let Go", the first single from Social Cues.
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:
Considering how Cage the Elephant brought home the Best Rock Album Grammy for Tell Me I'm Pretty in 2017, it's a bit startling that its successor, Social Cues, abandons the rough-and-tumble aesthetic producer Dan Auerbach brought to the band. Auerbach helped Cage the Elephant emphasize the bash-around garage elements lurking within their music, a sensibility that is absent on Social Cues. CTE work with producer John Hill, who previously helmed albums by Florence + the Machine, for this 2019 album, but a better touchstone for what they're attempting to achieve is Beck, who appears on the single "Night Running" and joined the group on a co-headlining tour in support of the album. Particularly on Colors, the 2017 LP that snagged him a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, Beck specialized in a bright, vivid pan-cultural pop, echoes of which can be heard on Social Cues. Cage the Elephant also paints Social Cues with bold hues swiped from a primary palette, but they aren't especially interested in the here and now. While there may be some hints of modern flair on the margins -- they exhibit a particular fondness for drum machines -- Social Cues beats to a neon-lit pulse appropriated from the glory days of MTV. Such a bright glare evokes the '80s, but like all Cage the Elephant albums, Social Cues is a canny blend of familiar elements whose origin lies just out of reach. By making such a decisive shift in direction, CTE wind up dampening the squalls of White Stripes, Strokes, and Pixies that defined their first decade of records, but that change also emphasizes how the group are at heart pop-pastiche artists, favoring style and sound over a finely honed song.
Tracklist:
01. Broken Boy (2:43)
02. Social Cues (3:39)
03. Black Madonna (3:47)
04. Night Running (3:28)
05. Skin and Bones (3:16)
06. Ready To Let Go (3:08)
07. House Of Glass (2:35)
08. Love's The Only Way (4:01)
09. The War Is Over (3:16)
10. Dance Dance (3:10)
11. What I'm Becoming (3:50)
12. Tokyo Smoke (3:26)
13. Goodbye (4:16)
Personnel:
Cage the Elephant:
Nick Bockrath – lead guitar, pedal steel, lap steel, keyboards, celeste, backing vocals
Jared Champion – drums, percussion
Matthan Minster – piano, keyboards, rhythm guitar, vibraphone backing vocals
Brad Shultz – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards
Matt Shultz – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Daniel Tichenor – bass, backing vocals
Additional Musicians:
Elliot Bergman – horn
Jacob Braun – cello
Charlie Bisharat – violin
David Campbell – conductor
Matt Combs – cello, violin, viola
Gina Corso – violin
Kyle Davis – percussion
Mario Deleon – violin
Lisa Dodlinger – violin
Andrew Duckles – viola
Beck Hanson – vocals
John Hill – keyboards
Leah Katz – viola
Ginger Murphy – cello
Sara Parkins – violin
Kerenza Peacock – violin
Katie Schecter – backing vocals
Dave Stone – bass
Steve Trudell – string contractor
The W. Crimm Singers – backing vocals
Production:
Rob Cohen – engineer
Tom Elmhirst – mixing
Jeremy Ferguson – engineer
David Greenbaum – engineer
John Hill – producer
Randy Merrill – mastering
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