Melophobia finally sees Cage The Elephant realise their full potential.
Melophobia is a thoroughly modern rock record, where all the past is alive in the present, so if you've ever had affection for any alt-rock sound from the '80s through the 2000s, it's hard not to find something to enjoy here.
As with the band's two previous LPs, Melophobia rides crackling melodies and a visceral tumult that's the perfect backing for Matt Shultz's paranoid lyrics.
These 10 songs display a band very much aware of its own identity, yet restlessly attempting to dismantle it. The result is a compelling exercise in growth.
Melophobia is another collection of dirty, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll. As single “Come a Little Closer” showed, Cage The Elephant have moved even further into the camp of bands like The Black Keys and The Kills (Alison Mosshart guests on one track), making broody, earnest rock music.
"If you're not slightly embarrassed to sing the lyrics, you're probably not writing a good song" - Matt Shultz
I've been meaning to get into Cage The Elephant for a while as their hits helped me through covid and got me through some shit, but I never fully checked out one of their albums, but I have to say even if this can be perceived as basic 2010s indie rock, I think Melophobia is very unique for what it tried to do and was probably the boldest move for Cage The Elephant. ... read more
Cage The Elephant is a very important band to me. Although this is only my second time reviewing one of their records, I've heard all of them many times. The reason CTE is so important to me is because they are among the 3 main bands I first started listening to when I began to get into music. These 3 bands were: Cage The Elephant, MGMT, and Radiohead. But Cage The Elephant was the first.
Without CTE, I highly I doubt I would have ever truly explored music and gotten into it nearly as much as I ... read more
1 | Spiderhead 3:42 | 91 |
2 | Come a Little Closer 3:49 | 93 |
3 | Telescope 3:48 | 90 |
4 | It's Just Forever 3:30 feat. Alison Mosshart | 75 |
5 | Take It or Leave It 3:27 | 84 |
6 | Halo 2:57 | 87 |
7 | Black Widow 3:07 | 78 |
8 | Hypocrite 4:08 | 84 |
9 | Teeth 5:27 | 80 |
10 | Cigarette Daydreams 3:28 | 95 |
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