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Thank You, Happy Birthday
Rock · 2011 · 14 tracks

Thank You, Happy Birthday

Cage the Elephant

A volatile cocktail of jagged post-punk and fuzzed-out grunge. It swings violently between fragile acoustic vulnerability and unhinged, screaming garage rock.

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It's like a garage band having a beautiful, loud nervous breakdown in your living room.

A frantic, high-contrast journey through anxiety and catharsis that refuses to sit still.

Thank You, Happy Birthday · vs · Cage the Elephant
Basement Show+1.9σ

Basement Show saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Always Something
3:42
02
Aberdeen
3:13
03
Indy Kidz
5:03
04
Shake Me Down
3:31
05
2024
3:10
06
Sell Yourself
2:11
07
Rubber Ball
3:48
08
Right Before My Eyes
3:15
09
Around My Head
3:12
10
Sabertooth Tiger
2:52
11
Japanese Buffalo
3:03
12
Flow
3:28
13
Doctor Doctor Doctor Help Me Help Me Help Me
2:14
14
Carry Me In
5:57
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, violent transition from the delicate acoustic strumming to the wall-of-sound chorus in Shake Me Down.
The manic, repetitive vocal breakdown in Indy Kidz that descends into pure sonic chaos.
The haunting, stripped-back vulnerability of Rubber Ball that provides a stark contrast to the album's surrounding noise.
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