Cage The Elephant gets 'Unpeeled'

Grammy Award winning rock band Cage The Elephant will release Unpeeled worldwide on July 28 via RCA Records. The new album was recorded over a series of intimate shows in cities including Los Angeles, Washington DC, Knoxville, and Nashville where the band performed in a stripped down arrangement with a string quartet and additional percussion.

It features 21 tracks: 18 curated songs from their past four albums plus three re-imagined versions of existing songs. Said front man Matt Shultz about the inspiration behind the album: “Many times you’re adding sonic layers looking for something to hide behind, and what you don’t realize is that that vulnerability and that nakedness might be the most compelling and interesting thing about the song.”

Preorder the album here.

The first music video is for “Whole Wide World,” originally written and performed by Wreckless Eric and re-imagined and recorded by the band at their sold-out, hometown show at the Ryman Auditorium. Watch the live video here. Recently, Cage The Elephant appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform the UNPEELED versions of “Whole Wide World” and “Too Late to Say Goodbye”.

Cage The Elephant are currently touring throughout Europe. The band will also perform a special show at Union Chapel where UK fans will experience the new versions of their songs as they will appear on Unpeeled, with a string quartet and in a stripped back arrangement. In addition, Cage The Elephant will be in the US starting in July and will play US festivals including Forecastle Festival, Lollapalooza, and Osheaga Music & Arts. Tickets for these dates are on-sale now available here.

Track Listing:

01 Cry Baby
02 Whole Wide World
03 Sweetie Little Jean
04 Spiderhead
05 Take It Or Leave It
06 Too Late To Say Goodbye
07 Punchin’ Bag
08 Shake Me Down
09 Telescope
10 Instant Crush
11 Trouble
12 Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
13 Rubber Ball
14 Aberdeen
15 Golden Brown
16 Cold Cold Cold
17 How Are You True
18 Come A Little Closer
19 Back Against The Wall
20 Cigarette Daydreams
21 Right Before My Eyes

Tour dates: 

June 24 /// Paris, France /// Solidays%
June 27 /// Nottingham, UK /// Rock City
June 28 /// Cardiff, UK /// Tramshed
June 30 /// St. Gallen, Switzerland /// Openair St. Gallen%
July 1 /// Arras, France /// Main Square Festival%
July 2 /// Rotselaar, Belgium /// Rock Werchter%
July 4 /// Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic /// Rock For People%
July 6 /// Bilbao, Spain /// Bilbao BBK Live%
July 7 /// Madrid, Spain /// Mad Cool Festival%
July 8 /// Lisbon, Portugal /// Nos Alive%
July 10 /// London, UK /// Union Chapel*
July 14 /// Louisville, KY /// Forecastle Festival%
July 23 /// San Marcos, TX /// Float Fest 2017%
July 28 /// Oro-Medonte, ON, Canada /// Wayhome Music & Arts Festival%
August 3 /// Chicago, IL /// Lollapalooza%
August 5 /// Montreal, QC, Canada /// Osheaga Music & Arts%
September 9 /// St Louis, MO /// Loufest%
September 23 /// Las Vegas, NV /// Life Is Beautiful Festival%
September 30 /// Mobile, AL /// Ten Sixty Five Street Party%
October 7 /// San Bernardino, CA /// Cal Jam 17%
November 18 /// Mexico City, Mexico /// Corona Capital%
*Unpeeled Performance
%Festival Date