SONG PREMIERE: “HALF ASLEEP” BY BORN CAGES

Pancakes And Whiskey is happy to share the new track from Born Cages called “Half Asleep” today. “Half Asleep” is off the NYC band’s upcoming EP called Exit Signs In A Burning Building and we look forward to that dropping on 4-7-17.

The catchy track starts with deep synths, charged percussion and then breaks wide open with the lyrics that are sung with conviction; but with an airy quality that feels light and when the chorus breaks it’s enormous and freeing. Tons of indie-bands are trying to nail this sound down right now and we gotta give props for Born Cages for raising the bar on this track; they’ve made the sound their own and will bring it hard in 2017, which we think we be a huge year for them.

“Half Asleep happened because of my Instagram story. This was by far the last song I wrote for the new record… actually didn’t start writing it until we were in the studio mixing with Justin Gerrish. I posted a clip of the guitar riff part on my Instagram story and a few people wrote back to me saying, “whoaa”. So I thought, maybe I should turn this into something. I think I was feeding into the excitement that we were getting in the studio, and the chorus just became this big gospel-y moment of realization, from finally getting this album into the right direction after a year of reclusive writing.” – Vlad Holiday

Good thing for us, the band plays tomorrow night (2-8-17) at The Delancey, and if we’re lucky we’ll hear this great tune.

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Article: Shayne Hanley

Cover Image: Nicole Mago