Cage the Elephant Proves That Acoustic Albums Are Better

Even on a cloudy day.

Grammy award-winning rock/alternative band, Cage the Elephant released their live acoustic album, Unpeeled back in 2017. Unlike your typical band, Cage the Elephant are known for their phenomenal live performances (have you seen Matt Shultz crowd surf?!). For Unpeeled, they stripped down to even louder vocals, heavier instruments, an orchestra, and the beautiful sound of screaming fans losing their head over their favorite band.

In an interview with Billboard, the band stated that the project was born solely based on some curiosity. The story goes that after performing at a benefit acoustic show with a string quartet, management, and Cage thought “Wouldn’t it be cool to do that again sometime?” and so they embarked on the acoustic tour, ultimately recording the tracks and slapping them on the finished project.

Via Unpeeled the band proves that acoustic albums give the listener a level of intimacy, unlike the studio version. Check out “Rubber Ball” live down below.