Cage The Elephant guest on The Tonight Show

It was one of the final essential releases of last year, and Cage The Elephant were back on stage just a few days into 2016 last night (January 6th) showcasing ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’ via a live performance of ‘Mess Around‘ on The Tonight Show.

Check it out below.

“On their fourth album ‘Tell Me I’m Pretty’, the band officially become a four-piece, and have switched streets in Music City, trading in their longtime producer Jay Joyce in favor of The Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach; Auerbach amalgamates the group’s 90’s alternative rock moxie by augmenting their shared influences of psyche-blues, soul and funk,” our review reads.

“Bubbling up with a bluesy psychedelic jangle, ‘Cry Baby’ opens the album with tumbling drums and a swirling vocal melody sung by Matthew Shultz. A fat bass walk down troughs the listener into a swampy sedated outro, before the fuzzy spunk of ‘Mess Around’ snaps you out of the humid haze.”

“With a bluesy shuffle, the latter is clearly influenced by Auerbach’s day job, but he admirably both captures and highlights the group’s signature kooky temperament.”