Cage The Elephant Release HOUSE OF GLASS Today
By: Tori Hartshorn Mar. 08, 2019
Cage The Elephant has shared a new track today, "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 from their forthcoming fifth studio album, Social Cues. The track is released today with a companion video by Lexington-based artist, Robert Beatty. Guitarist Brad Shultz spoke to Consequence of Sound about the "Origins" of the song. Read more about it HERE and listen to the song HERE. Social Cues is out on April 19th on RCA 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 has also recently announced The Night Running 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. Full dates below. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com. Beck and Cage The Elephant have partnered up with PLUS1 and $1 from every ticket sold will be donated back into each city they are playing in, supporting local food security initiatives as they work towards ending hunger in their communities. Prior to the tour, the band is headlining Shaky Knees Festival on May 4th in Atlanta.
Cage The Elephant's first single, "Ready To Let Go," was released at the end of January with a music video directed by Matt Shultz. The single leaped to #3 at Alternative radio. "Cage The Elephant's new single 'Ready to Let Go' is off to a strong start at radio," said Billboard, "scoring the band its best Alternative Songs airplay chart debut in its near-decade career."
Watch Video for "Ready To Let Go"
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.
Fans can pre-order Social Cues here
TOUR DATES:
May 4 - Atlanta, GA at Shaky Knees Music Festival
July 11 - Ridgefield, WA at Sunlight Supply Amphitheater*^
July 13 - George, WA at The Gorge*^
July 16 - Mountain View, CA at Shoreline Amphitheater*^
July 17 - Irvine, CA at Five Point Amphitheater*^
July 19 - Las Vegas, NV at Park Theater*^
July 20 - Chula Vista,CA at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre*^
July 21 - Phoenix, AZ at Ak-Chin Pavilion*^
July 23 - Denver, CO at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater*^
July 26 - Austin, TX at Austin 360 Amphitheater*#
July 27 - Dallas, TX at The Dos Equis Pavilion*#
July 28 - Houston, TX at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*#
July 30 - St. Louis, MO at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater*#
July 31 - Chicago, IL at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island*#
August 2 - Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center*#
August 3 - Detroit, MI at DTE Energy Music Theater*#
August 4 - Indianapolis, IN at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center*#
August 11 - Toronto, ON at Budweiser Stage*&
August 12 - Saratoga Springs, NY at Saratoga Performing Arts Center*&
August 13 - Darien Center, NY at Darien Lake Amphitheater*&
August 15 - Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center*&
August 16 - Gilford, NH at Bank of New Hampshire*&
August 17 - New York, NY at Forest Hill Stadium*
August 20 - Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center*&
August 21 - Camden, NJ at BB&T Pavilion*&
August 22 - Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion*&
August 24 - Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park*&
August 25 - Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion*&
August 27 - Birmingham, AL at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre*&
August 29 - Tampa, FL at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*&
August 30 - West Palm Beach, FL at Coral Sky Amphitheatre*&
* co-headlining with Beck, with special guest Spoon
^ with Starcrawler
# with Wild Belle
& with Sunflower Bean
SOCIAL CUES TRACK LISTING:
- Broken Boy
- Social Cues
- Black Madonna
- Night Running (Cage The Elephant, Beck)
- Skin and Bones
- Ready To Let Go
- House of Glass
- Love's the Only Way
- The War is Over
- Dance Dance
- What I'm Becoming
- Tokyo Smoke
- Goodbye
photo credit: Neil Krug
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