Cage The Elephant have set to release their new studio album, “Neon Pill” on May 17th, 2024, via RCA Records
“Neon Pill”, is band’s first full-length album in five years – following on from 2019’s Grammy-winning “Social Cues”.
The 12-track album was recorded following a series of traumatic events, including the deaths of several close family members and friends (including Matthew and Brad Shultz’s father), as well as Matthew’s mental health breakdown.
“To me, ‘Neon Pill’ is the first record where we were consistently uninfluenced, and I mean that in a positive way”, Matthew stated. “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 experience of self expression, and simultaneously not necessarily settling either. We just found a uniqueness in simply existing”.
Cage the Elephant first teased the album last month with the release of the album’s title track, “Neon Pill”. Today’s announcement is followed by the release of their second single “Out Loud”, Check out the lyric video below.
“‘Out Loud’ is very connected to my father. My dad’s the reason we 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 honour to him, and I knew it meant a lot to Brad too”, he said of the inspiration for the song. “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 channelling all of the adversity my family faced growing up coming full circle into my adult life in this one song”.
Pre-order & pre-save “Neon Pill” here.
The announcement follows the band embarking on a lengthy North American tour later this summer & fall, which will kick off in Salt Lake City on June 20th, 2024, and see them play 45 shows across the country. Get tickets here.
US Festivals 2024:
05/17-19 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival
06/13-16 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
North American Tour Dates 2024:
06/20 – West Valley City, UT @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre ^
06/22 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena ^
06/23 – Ridgefield, WA @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater ^
06/24 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater ^
06/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena ^
06/28 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place ^
06/30 – Spokane, WA @ BECU Live at Northern Quest ^
07/02 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium *
07/03 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl ^
07/05 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre ^
07/06 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena ^
07/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum ^
07/09 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater ^
07/11 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center ^
07/12 – Houston, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion ^
07/13 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena ^
07/15 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP ^
08/02 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre *
08/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek ^
08/04 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion *
08/07 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center ^
08/08 – Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field ^
08/10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre ^
08/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center ^
08/14 – Chicago, IL @ Credit Union 1 Arena at UIC ^
08/16 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena ^
08/18 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC ^
08/19 – Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater ^
08/21 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion ^
08/22 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center *
08/24 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center ^
08/26 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell ^
08/27 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage ^
08/29 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake ^
08/30 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center ^
09/05 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ^
09/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at the Mann ^
09/07 – Lewiston, NY @ Artpark Mainstage Theater ^
09/09 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center ^
09/10 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre ^
09/12 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ^
09/13 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena ^
09/14 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre ^
09/16 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha ^
09/18 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
09/27 – Ocean City, MD @ Oceans Calling
^ ( w/ Young The Giant and Bakar)
* (w/ Bakar)
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