Cage The Elephant: Ready To Let Go – videoklip az új Social Cues album bejelentéséhez

Az új lemez Dan Auerbach helyett ezúttal a popproducer John Hill (Portugal. The Man, Phantogram, Santigold, Charli XCX, Shakira, M.I.A. stb.) felügyeletével készült, és egy reggae beütésű dalában Beck is szerepel két versszaknyi rapbetét erejéig, de ez nem jelenti azt, hogy könnyed hangvételű album lenne: az énekes időközben elvált feleségétől, Juliette Buchs francia modell-színésznőtől, depressziója és kiborulásai meg-megakasztották a stúdiófelvételeket is, és bátyjával, Brad Shultz gitárossal is feszültté vált közben a viszonya.

Az első kislemezdalnak választott Ready To Let Go arról a Pompeiibe tett utazásról szól, amikor Matt Shultz és felesége rádöbbentek, hogy házasságuk menthetetlen, és el kell engedniük egymást – és a válásán átesett frontember most a dalhoz kellően durva videót rendezett egy okkult esküvői szertartásról. Már az legutóbbi Cage The Elephant-klipben, a két évvel ezelőtti Cold Cold Coldban is az American Horror Story tévésorozat és Stanley Kubrick 1971-es Mechanikus narancs című filmje volt a két ihletője, és ez az esztétika köszön vissza most még nyersebben a Ready To Let Go kisfilmjében is.

Sun went down, sun went down over Pompeii
On both sides the vow was broken
Oh my my, I’m the one
Trying to hide this damage done
One day, all our secrets will be spoken

As we slow dance, I became your statue, frozen
’Times I wonder, are we just a puff of smoke? yeah
Underneath this bed of ashes, still withholding everything
Like we were never close

Don’t you worry baby, no sense trying to change it
I’ma strike these matches, never had control
I’m ready to let go, no, was I fooling myself
I’ma spread these ashes, never had control
I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready to let go

Sun went down, sun went down over Pompeii
On holy ground, our vows were broken
We met up, we broke bread
I was blue, your dress was red, ain’t it strange?
We both knew this day was coming

As we slow dance, I became your statue, frozen
‘Times I wonder, are we just a puff of smoke? yeah
Underneath this bed of ashes, still withholding everything
Like we were never close

Don’t you worry baby, no sense trying to change it
I’ma strike these matches, never had control
I’m ready to let go, no, was I fooling myself
I’ma spread these ashes, never had control
I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready to let go

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az új albumra szintén felkerülő Skin And Bones című dal egy 2017-es akusztikus fellépésen:

I closed my eyes and drift above the silence
Barely see the ultraviolent
Slipped and fell into the deep end

Oh, the sidewalk shimmer just like diamonds
All the empty words were flying
Well, the heart was low but I never was alone
I never was alone

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes and fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home

Once the days evolve into another
I’m not getting any further
Left you feeling like a maniac

Oh, the sidewalk it was shining
All the empty words were flying
Well the heart was low but I never was alone
I never was alone

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes, fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home

Tell me
Tell me
Help me
To see
Why so
Many
People
People
Crying
Dying
Killing
Fighting
My thoughts are empty almost all the time
And the light devising ways to lead the line
And time to sing is over, there’s no end in sight

I don’t wanna be there when it all goes down
But if I gotta be there don’t let me hit the ground
Can I hit the ground?

I’ve been running for so long
All that’s left is skin and bones
Close my eyes, and fight to carry on
Sometimes it makes no sense at all
If I stumble, will I fall?
If I fall I’ll tuck and roll
Close my eyes and let the love light guide me home
Let the love light guide me home
And let the love light guide me home

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az új lemez borítója és számlistája:

Cage The Elephant: Social Cues (2019)

Broken Boy
Social Cues
Black Madonna
Night Running (feat. Beck)
Skin And Bones
Ready To Let Go
House Of Glass
Love’s The Only Way
The War Is Over
Dance Dance
What I’m Becoming
Tokyo Smoke
Goodbye