Melophobia - Cage The Elephant

Here we go again, Cage The Elephant!  After doing my review for their first album, which you can find here, I was inspired to download their latest album.  Melophobia, released in October of 2013 is an alternative rock album in which Cage The Elephant does more than just write music.  As front man Matthew Shultz said, the band's focus was to "remain transparent and remain honest".  This is most notable in the well written and honest lyrics that make you feel closer to the singer as you hear his pains and experiences.  I feel that this makes the album a more personal listening experience, complementing an already harmonic set of instruments.

The song where we can most clearly hear the "honest" lyrics is Telescope, a song that speaks of the singers internal battles with loneliness.  Also, a song of conformism that is well written is Take It Or Leave It, also containing a catchy guitar and vocals, wrapped together by a fun rhythmic beat.  The indisputable hit of this album is Come A Little Closer, a song that uses varying vocal styles and great instrumental harmony to make a soft-fast paced song.  Finally, Cigarette Daydreams.  I absolutely love this song, especially because of the vocals, as you can really feel the song from the singers point-of-view.

This is a short album, comprised of only 10 songs and going on for only about half an hour, this is an album that you will catch yourself playing on repeat.  The songs had great replay value for me, and I've already heard it quite a few times.  The vocals tend to stand out in this album as opposed to their other works and the instruments have remained consistently good and creative.  Def worth a hear and a re-hear, as this is an album that gets better with every listen (something something wine). Hope you can check it out, and I hope you guys like it as well!