Social Cues - Cage The Elephant: Review
Cage The Elephant is a Kentucky based rock band that has released 5 albums to date employing different styles and approaches throughout their career. They scored two alt-rock radio hits in the late 2000's with Ain't No Rest For The Wicked and Back Against The Wall and continued this success into the 2010's with songs like Shake Me Down, Come A Little Closer and Trouble . Review By Lavender: I consider myself a pretty big fan of Cage The Elephant but even that doesn't mean I've exonerated the band from their hit or miss nature. Their first self-titled album is a jangly and jammy piece indebted to southern rock for it's sound and southern folk for it's lyrics. As big of a fan of it as I was at the time even I am willing to admit it sounded better then than it does now. The follow-up was one of the most disappointing releases I have had the displeasure of being around for. Thank You, Happy Birthday was a turn for the low-fi that tried to adopt t...