Cage the Elephant announce their seventh album ‘Dying in Reverse,’ out Feb. 5, 2027 on Big Loud Rock, and share new single ‘Make It Easy’
Cage the Elephant are closing one door and kicking open another. On Thursday (Nov. 5), the Kentucky rock band announced Dying in Reverse, their seventh studio album, due February 5, 2027, and shared its propulsive new single “Make It Easy,” a song they debuted days earlier on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It is their first full-length since 2024’s Neon Pill and, more tellingly, their first since leaving longtime label home RCA for the Nashville independent Big Loud Rock, a move that frames the record as both a reset and a reintroduction.
The single does the heavy lifting of a thesis statement. A mid-tempo, raucous rock number built on the band’s familiar blend of swagger and melody, “Make It Easy” sits at track two on the 12-song album, right after the opener “Influence.” The band aired it this week with a loose, confident Kimmel performance followed by an intimate Los Angeles club show, the kind of low-key rollout that suggests a group comfortable in its own skin rather than chasing a trend.
A Goodbye to the Past
Frontman Matt Shultz framed Dying in Reverse as a turning point. “This record turned out to be such a special one for us,” he said in a statement. “It’s without a doubt one of the most creatively gratifying experiences we’ve had as a group yet.” He went further, casting the album as a deliberate act of release. “In a way, it’s a goodbye to the past, closing the door on an era, with a renewed perspective grounded in the present while also walking towards the future with hope and gratitude.”
That language lands with weight given where the band has been. Neon Pill arrived in the shadow of hard years, including loss, mental health struggles, and the pandemic’s long disruption, and much of its power came from staring that darkness down. Nearly two decades into a career that has yielded two Best Rock Album Grammys and more than six billion streams, Cage the Elephant appear to be consciously pivoting from survival toward something lighter.
Rediscovering the Joy of Rock
Part of that shift came from unexpected company. According to the band, Dying in Reverse was shaped by their stint opening for Oasis on the Gallagher brothers’ blockbuster reunion tour, an experience that reconnected them with what they described as the unbridled joy of rock and roll. Sharing stadium stages with one of the genre’s most swaggering acts seems to have recalibrated the band’s instincts, pushing them back toward immediacy and fun rather than studio introspection. You can hear that looseness in “Make It Easy,” which prioritizes momentum over melancholy.
The timing is shrewd. The album’s lead cut, “Beaches in Tennessee,” released in July as the band’s first offering for Big Loud Rock, has already topped multiple Billboard airplay charts and cracked the top tier at both Alternative and AAA radio, proof that the label change has not dulled their commercial reach. Both “Beaches in Tennessee” and the title track appear on the new record, alongside songs like “Wound Up,” “Cherry Cola,” “Crossfaded,” and closer “Wear the Daylight.”
For a band that has spent twenty years as one of modern rock’s most dependable hitmakers, Dying in Reverse reads as a bet that reinvention and joy are not mutually exclusive. The move to Big Loud Rock, a Nashville powerhouse better known for its dominance in country, signals an appetite for a new ecosystem and a fresh commercial strategy. Whether Dying in Reverse becomes a career highlight or simply a confident next chapter, Cage the Elephant are entering 2027 sounding like a band that has decided, after everything, to lighten the load and enjoy the ride.
