Diandra Reviews It All

I love Cage The Elephant’s Unpeeled. It is imaginative, raucous, and feels like a 70’s inspired soundtrack to a film I very much want to watch like, The Who’s Tommy.You can picture crazy characters and bright lights zooming past you on the road that is this 100% unique album. Yes, Cage The Elephant have been hailed as some of the best rockers of our time, and Unpeeled is their greatest hits’ celebration, which the gleeful scenario above.
Cage The Elephant – Come A Little Closer (Unpeeled) (Live Video)

Recorded in a series of intimate shows, Unpeeled has a narrative feel. The cheers of the crowd are woven into its perfect production, where, in some ways, you feel like you are lead singer Matt Shultz. As he riffs and feels through his tracks like his voice is a hand sifting through lyrical fabrics, you can close your eyes and either see the castles of poetry to their songs’ or pretend that you are the creator of such works receiving audience admiration. My favorite part of a live album is to hear how the crowd reacts simultaneously to your reactions; from cheers to applause for Shultz riffs or the band’s opus arrangements. Being live, each song feels like a sibling to its original with strings added to give Cage The Elephant’s hits an orchestrated feel. “Take It Or Leave It”, “Cigarette Dreams”, and “Aberdeen” shine as tracks that show Cage The Elephant’s success comes from their ability to connect mindfulness to music. Sometimes, you need to re-shape or rebuild something to discover other aspects of its worth. I had never fully appreciated the lyricism or meaning behind certain Cage The Elephant ’s song, but, in hearing the live album, I realized their success is incredibly deserved because of how they connect desire and discord.
Cage The Elephant – Cigarette Daydreams (Unpeeled) (Live Video)

When you want someone, something, or someplace, you are inherently emotional, and to reflect on their title Unpeeled; this record is not just about stripping back instrumentals into acoustics. It is about the many moments you feel exposed by your passions, and how badly you want something can affect how good you are to yourself or others. This idea seems like a common thread from track “Crybaby” to “Right Before My Eyes”. Thus, to listen to Unpeeled is like listening to Cage The Elephant’s trajectory as both musicians and men. They have gotten so much of what they wanted, and if their last Gramm-winning best album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, says anything it says, “they want more, and they will get it”. For More Information On Cage The Elephant, and Buy Unpeeled On July 28 Click Here.
Cage The Elephant – Aberdeen (Unpeeled) (Live Video)