Up and coming band “Cage the Elephant,” has quickly taken music critics by surprise with the self-titled debut album Cage the Elephant. With all members hailing from Bowling Green, Kentucky this close nit family has emerged from their little town and has burst onto the alternative rock scene. Matt Shultz grew up very poor with his brother. He got his first guitar at age 12 and fell in love. He deeply admires Bob Dylan and how he viewed society and his ability to express it through music. Known for enthusiastic live shows and strong powered lyrics, Cage the Elephant has quickly become the talk of Indie critics. They have begun to create a style of all their own. Mixed between alterative and some R&B, this new combination makes for some very catchy guitar riffs and smooth-flowing, straight forward lyrics.
“The music comes from a pure place,” Matt (lead vocals) says. “We really like the energy of music that feels passionate, raw, unplanned emotion.”
The album begins with the catchy and addictive tune “In One Ear,” taking a shot at all the people (especially critics) that thought that he never could make it big with his music. With lyrics like “They say I’m just a stupid kid / another crazy radical / rock n’ roll is dead / I probably should have stayed in school / Another generation X / who somehow slipped up through the cracks / Oh they’d love to see me fall / But I’m already on my back,” it definitely begins with quite a song. The fourth song on the album, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” The song talks about how everyone has a history, whether good or bad we’re basically all the same. Throughout the album Matt tackles all kinds of issues in the world, like corruption and hypocrisy (“James Brown“), and war and religion (“Lotus”). The lyrics really help shine through the bands opinions and frustrations on the problems in the world.
The album finally ends on the eleventh track titled “Free Love,” which is a fast paced, groovy tune talking about just that. It ends an album full of frustration and controversy with one thing that will stay unchanged, love. It wraps up an excellent album, showing the opinions and outlooks of some good ol’ musicians from Kentucky and how they feel about the world. I believe this is a great CD to pick up and check them out.
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