Neon Pill scheduled for May 17, 2024 release.
Produced by John Hill, Neon Pill 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.
To me, Neon Pill is the first record where we were consistently uninfluenced, and I mean that in a positive way. 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 cathartic experience of self expression, and simultaneously not necessarily settling either. We just found a uniqueness in simply existing.
– Vocalist Matt Schultz
The band also announced a 45-date North American Tour with special guests: Young The Giant & Bakar, at select dates.
Pre-sale begins Tuesday, March 5th at 10am local.
General on sale starts Friday, March 8th at 10am local.
Link to tour https://www.cagetheelephant.com/tour/
Maybe it’s so straightforward and honest, because I didn’t know if it would see the light of day. ‘Out Loud’ is very connected to my father. My dad’s the reason we had discovered music in the first place. When he died, ‘Out Loud’ just poured out of me. My efforts towards the song were deeply rooted in paying honor to him, and I knew it meant a lot to Brad too. That, also in connection with the difficulties that I was dealing with at that time. It was almost a subconscious apology of sorts before I was fully capable of grasping the gravity of it all. Subconsciously working through it while channeling all of the adversity my family faced growing up coming full circle into my adult life in this one song.
-Matthew Schultz
