Thursday, October 3, 2013

CAGE THE ELEPHANT'S 'MELOPHOBIA' STREAMING IN FULL VIA ROLLING STONE 
LOS ANGELES, CA -  - Melophobia, the highly anticipated new album from Cage The Elephant is now available to hear in full a week prior to its release via Rolling Stone. To stream the album now, click HERE. Melophobia will be released by RCA and available in stores and at all digital retailers beginning on October 8th. The album was recorded in Nashville, TN and reunites the band with producer Jay Joyce who produced the group's prior two releases. To pre-order Melophobia now click HERE.


 

The album's single "Come A Little Closer" debuted at #1 on Hype Machine and has gone on to dominate alternative radio for over month after immediately being added to rotation by over 70 stations around the country. Consequence of Sound praised the track for sounding "larger than ever before, cuing their popularity to potentially reach new heights." New York Magazine called them, "one of America's best, cleverest mainstream rock groups."

Melophobia is the follow up to 2011's acclaimed sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has sold over 250,000 copies to date. Rolling Stone, New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly praised the release as "one of the best rock albums of the year". The album also spawned the hit single "Shake Me Down" which spent six weeks at #1 at Alternative radio. Their acclaimed self-titled debut album was released in 2009 and has sold over 550,000 copies to date. The album remained on the Billboard 200 Chart for an astounding 73 consecutive weeks and produced three Top 5 singles at Alternative Radio, including the massive hit "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked". In additional to numerous Sold Out headline runs, Cage The Elephant has toured with Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Stone Temple Pilots, Foals, Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, and many more. 

Cage The Elephant recently wrapped a run of live arena dates across the U.S. opening for Muse in support of Melophobia. Click HERE to watch a live video of the band performing "Come A Little Closer" and stay tuned for additional live dates to be announced shortly as well as the release of the official music video for "Come A Little Closer."

Cage The Elephant consists of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor, guitarist Lincoln Parish, and drummer Jared Champion.



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