Cage The Elephant - Neon Pill

Milky Clear Vinyl Cage the Elephant's lead singer Matt Shultz entered a period of psychosis some time after the release of Social Cues, the 2019 album that won the Kentucky band its second Grammy for Best Rock Album. Shultz's dark night of the soul culminated in an arrest for felony firearm possession in January 2023, a rock bottom that allowed him to enter recovery, after which he reunited with the band to continue work on Neon Pill, an album he began writing before his breakdown. Neon Pill doesn't necessarily reflect all this personal upheaval, at least on its shimmering surface. Working again with John Hill, the producer who helmed Social Cues, Cage the Elephant once again cannily synthesizes a variety of alt-rock eras, marrying a neo-garage rock bounce with washes of psychedelia, punctuating the proceedings with new wave flair and the occasional earnest ballad. Six albums deep, it's a combination that feels familiar but Cage the Elephant delivers their alt-rock pastiche with panach