Social Cues is also the most personal album of the band’s career, taking root lyrically in the dissolution of Shultz’s marriage. References to the relationship’s end can be found throughout
Social Cues serves as the group’s fifth full-length since forming in 2006. It follows Cage the Elephant’s Grammy-winning Tell Me I’m Pretty from 2015, as well as their 2017 live album, Unpeeled. There are 13 tracks in total on the forthcoming LP, including a collaboration with Beck titled, “Night Running”.
For a while now, Cage the Elephant have felt like they’re caught in between sounds. Each album they’ve released recently (perhaps ever) has felt restless, eager to move on even before whatever it’s doing has been done. This is why even in its plainness I found some vague comfort in their previous album, Tell Me I’m Pretty. It was easilyI′ll be in the back room, tell me when it's over. I′ll be in the back room, tell me when it's over. Don′t know if I can play this part much longer. Don′t know if I can play this part much longer. I don't know if it is right to live this way, yeah. Je ne sais pas si c'est bien de vivre de cette manière, yeah. . 156 137 115 164 231 137 474 133