CAGE THE ELEPHANT SHARE NEW SONG “METAVERSE”
NEW ALBUM NEON PILLย OUT ON MAY 17 VIA RCA RECORDS
Cage The Elephant, the GRAMMYยฎ Award winning rock band share their new single “Metaverse,” off their forthcoming album Neon Pill (May 17, RCA Records). The song follows recent singles from the new album including “Good Time,” “Out Loud” and “Neon Pill,” which scored the band their 11th #1 song on Billboard’s US Alternative Chart. Listen to “Metaverse” here and watch the new lyric directed video by Robert Beatty here.
Neon Pill finds the Kentucky-bred six pieceโbrothers Matthew Shultz [vocals] and Brad Shultz [guitar], Daniel Tichenor [bass], Jared Champion [drums], Nick Bockrath [lead guitar], and Matthan Minster [guitar, keys, backing vocals]โ forging new musical ground, while maintaining their uncompromising creativity and wildly cathartic performances. “To me, Neon Pill is the first record where we were consistently uninfluenced, and I mean that in a positive way,” observes Matthew. “Everything is undoubtedly expressed through having settled into finding our own voice. We’ve always drawn inspiration from artists we love, and at times we’ve even emulated some of them to a certain degree. With this album, having gone through so much, life had almost forced us into becoming more and more comfortable with ourselves. We weren’t reaching for much outside of the pure experience of self expression, and simultaneously not necessarily settling either. We just found a uniqueness in simply existing.” The album is available to pre-order on all formats here.
From their humble beginnings in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Cage The Elephant have gone on to become one of the generation’s premier rock bands. They have earned dozens of Gold, Platinum, and Multiplatinum certifications, tallied over 5 billion streams, and notched eleven #1 records on Alternative Radio and 5 #1 records on Triple A Radio. Their previous two albums Tell Me I’m Pretty [2015] and Social Cues [2019] garnered consecutive Best Rock Album GRAMMYยฎ Awards. They are maybe most celebrated for their live show. The stage is their home turf, where they are most comfortable, and their performances, ecstatic and unchained, as well as cathartic and soul bearing are what Neon Pill achieves in documenting.
Neon Pill, produced by John Hill, materialized during sessions at Sonic Ranch in El Paso, Electric Lady in New York, Sound Emporium in Nashville, Echo Mountain in North Carolina, and at Hill’s own studio in Los Angeles, and alchemized a season of tragedy and turbulence into the twelve tracks on their sixth full-length album. Nine months into the pandemic, Matthew and Brad lost their father. The band weathered the back-to-back deaths of friends, while Matthew experience depression and a mental breakdown, culminating in hospitalization. Coming out on the other side, he learned quite a bit about himself, and gained a whole lot of strength and wisdom. Neon Pill came to life in the eye of the storm.
Tour Dates
May 7 โ Los Angeles, CA at Echoplex
June 20 โ West Valley City, UT at Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre^
June 22 โ Seattle, WA at Climate Pledge Arena^
June 23 โ Ridgefield, WA at RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater^
June 24 โ Bend, OR at Hayden Homes Amphitheater^
June 26 โ Vancouver, BC at Rogers Arena^
June 28 โ Edmonton, AB at Rogers Place^
June 30 โ Spokane, WA at BECU Live at Northern Quest^
July 2 โ San Francisco, CA at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*
July 3 โ Santa Barbara, CA at Santa Barbara Bowl^~
July 5 โ Phoenix, AZ at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
July 6 โ San Diego, CA at Viejas Arena^
July 7 โ Los Angeles, CA at Kia Forum^
July 9 โ Albuquerque, NM at Isleta Amphitheater^
July 11 โ Austin, TX at Moody Center^
July 12 โ Houston, TX at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman^
July 13 โ Fort Worth, TX at Dickies Arena^
July 15 โ Rogers, AR at Walmart AMP^
Aug 2 โ Alpharetta, GA at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre*
Aug 3 โ Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek^
Aug 4 โ Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion*
Aug 7 โ Noblesville, IN at Ruoff Music Center^
Aug 8 โ Madison, WI at Breese Stevens Field^
Aug 10 โ Winnipeg, MB at Canada Life Centre^
Aug 12 โ Minneapolis, MN at Target Center^
Aug 14 โ Chicago, IL at Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC^
Aug 16 โ Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena^
Aug 18 โ Saratoga Springs, NY at Broadview Stage at SPAC^
Aug 19 โ Bridgeport, CT at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater^
Aug 21 โ Gilford, NH at BankNH Pavilion^
Aug 22 โ Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center*
Aug 24 โ Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center^
Aug 26 โ Montreal, QC at Centre Bell^
Aug 27 โ Toronto, ON at Budweiser Stage^
Aug 29 โ Burgettstown, PA at The Pavilion at Star Lake^
Aug 30 โ Cincinnati, OH at Riverbend Music Center^
Sept 5 โ New York, NY at Madison Square Garden^
Sept 6 โ Philadelphia, PA at TD Pavilion at the Mann^
Sept 7 โ Lewiston, NY at Artpark Mainstage Theater^
Sept 9 โ Cleveland, OH at Blossom Music Center^
Sept 10 โ Detroit, MI at Pine Knob Music Theatre^
Sept 12 โ St. Louis, MO at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
Sept 13 โ Des Moines, IA at Wells Fargo Arena^
Sept 14 โ Kansas City, MO at Starlight Theatre^
Sept 16 โ Omaha, NE at CHI Health Center Omaha^
Sept 18 โ Denver, CO at Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
^ with Young The Giant and Bakar
* with Bakar
~ Non-Live Nation Date
Artistย Links
SPILL LIVE REVIEW: CAGE THE ELEPHANT w/ YOUNG THE GIANT, BAKAR & WILLOW AVALON @ BUDWEISER STAGE, TORONTO
