LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 12, 2013 - Cage The Elephant today revealed the music video for their current single "Come A Little Closer" from their heralded third studio album Melophobia. The vibrant animated video features extensive original artwork illustrated by the band's frontman Matt Shultz and is currently available to watch HERE via VEVO.

Cage The Elephant - Come a Little Closer (Official Video)

Today, at 4:00p EST, fans are invited to join Shultz for an intimate online Facebook chat about the process of creating the video.   Visit www.facebook.com/cagetheelephant to join in.

"Come A Little Closer" debuted in August and has been steadily climbing the Alternative Radio Chart since its release. This week, the undeniable single reached the #1 position on the chart - solidifying the band as a major force at the format. "Come A Little Closer" is the band's 4th #1 song of their career and 5th big hit following the success of "Back Against The Wall", "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked","In One Ear" and "Shake Me Down."

RCA Records released Melophobia on October 8th, and since then the accolades have been pouring in. USA Today declared Melophobia their "Album of the Week" and said, "Its glorious chaos makes for thrilling listening." LA Times said, "Let's just be glad to have such imagination on our drive time rock radio again." Paste called the album "a glitter-flecked triumph of banging power pop". New York Magazine hailed them as, "one of America's best, cleverest mainstream rock groups." To purchase Melophobia now, click HERE.

Melophobia is the follow up to 2011's acclaimed sophomore album Thank You Happy Birthday, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has sold over 250,000 copies to date. Rolling Stone, New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly praised the release as "one of the best rock albums of the year". The album also spawned the hit single "Shake Me Down" which spent six weeks at #1 at Alternative radio. Their acclaimed self-titled debut album was released in 2009 and has sold over 550,000 copies to date. The album remained on the Billboard 200 Chart for an astounding 73 consecutive weeks and produced three Top 5 singles at Alternative Radio, including the massive hit "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked". In additional to numerous Sold Out headline runs, Cage The Elephant has toured with Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Stone Temple Pilots, Foals, Silversun Pickups, Manchester Orchestra, and many more.

Cage The Elephant will spend the rest of the year appearing at various radio festivals around the U.S. before heading overseas for European dates in early 2014. For a complete list of dates, click HERE.

Cage The Elephant consists of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist Daniel Tichenor, guitarist Lincoln Parish, and drummer Jared Champion.

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