The country twang in Shultz’s voice has been replaced by haunting echoes throughout the track that really make it more grown up-sounding yet it still has a fun, psychedelic aspect to it that makes you literally feel like you should be looking through a kaleidoscope. Lead singer Matthew Shultz incorporates the perfect amount of antagonization in the questions he asks us in the chorus (“Do you understand the things that you would see here?” and “Do you understand the things that you’ve been dreaming?”) as well as moodiness when he repeatedly wails “Time flies by, they all sing along” in the bridge. While the instrumentation is a tad Beck-like with some very Foster the People-esque qualities in the vocal styling, “Come a Little Closer” is a big ball of epicness in the fact that it shows that they are evolving as a band. They’ve been riding high on the success from 2008’s “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” and 2010’s “Shake Me Down,” but this new track looks like it’ll be the start of a new chapter in this indie-alternative band’s sound journey.
#Come a little closer baby i feel like letting go full version
Of course, the teaser for “Come a Little Closer” only made us want more so thank sweet baby Jesus that they didn’t make us wait longer than a week to be able to hear the full version of the song on their VEVO channel.
At the beginning of the month, Cage the Elephant decided to taunt all of their adoring fans with a snippet of the newest single from their upcoming album, Melophobia.