Born Cages

Formation and early days

In October 2011, the band began booking shows in New York City under the moniker "Electric Sun," which was later officially changed to "Born Cages" in October 2012. The band's first live show was at Music Hall of Williamsburg on October 26, 2011.

The Sidelines EP (2011-2013)

Born Cages released The Sidelines EP on June 18, 2013, which was produced by Jon Kaplan, co-produced by Vlad Holiday, and engineered by Oliver Straus. The EP features three songs from the upcoming full-length album, and 2 exclusive tracks.

Filter Magazine says The Sidelines EP, “beautifully straddles the line between dreamy and discordant … a standout 17 minutes,” and declared it "spellbinding." Vice Noisey describes the music as a “blend of 80s-influenced synth/guitar work and modern pop-rock sounds” and Blackbook Magazine raves, “More than a decade after the riff-heavy heyday of The Strokes, The Vines, The White Stripes, The Hives, and many other bands that put the word “the” before a plural noun, we may be ready for another bout of ripping revivalism… Born Cages certainly makes that argument.” Artist Direct says, “The New York indie band totally rocks our world with their brand of ‘80s-style, synthy rock.” Alternative Press wrote, “Don’t Look Back - a soaring rocker that you’ll have no problem dancing to assuming you can put down the air guitar for four minutes.”

On February 5, 2013, "Don't Look Back" was featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 45, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with first week sales of 87,000 units. In December 2014, the album was certified Gold, having sold over half a million units. The song has also been featured several times on New York Classic Rock station Q104.3's "Out Of The Box" segment with Jonathan Clarke.

In conjunction with the EP, a video for the song “Caiti” was released June 19, 2013 on VEVO/YouTube, and July 8, 2013 on MTV.com. On February 13, 2014, Filter Magazine premiered Don't Look Back's official music video.

I'm Glad I'm Not Me (2014-2016)

Born Cages' debut full-length album, I'm Glad I'm Not Me, was released via Washington Square on June 2, 2015. The album artwork was created by London-based illustrator Matthew Cooper, who's worked with Arctic Monkeys, The Kills, Caribou, Franz Ferdinand, Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney. Due to Rolling Down The Hill and Metaphor's radio play, I'm Glad I'm Not Me became the No. 9 album at Alternative Specialty radio during the week of December 10, 2014.

On August 5th, 2014, Buzznet premiered Born Cages' "Rolling Down The Hill," as the band announced a headlining tour in support of the new single. On September 4th, Fresh New Tracks premiered a Rolling Down The Hill remix from German producer Glastrophobie, which reached the No. 2 spot on Hype Machine's Popular Remix Chart. Yahoo! Music premiered the song's official music video on November 1st, 2014. On November 21, 2014, the video won mtvU's The Freshmen competition. On the week of November 19, 2014, Rolling Down The Hill reached No. 7 on the Alternative Specialty Radio chart, with spins on stations like LA's KROQ and NYC's Q104.3. The single also features B-Side track, "Fuel To The Fire," which was an old demo from the band's first studio recording.

On April 7, 2015, Diffuser FM premiered "I Just Want The Truth, Baby", a brand new song from I'm Glad I'm Not Me. It's available as an "Instant Gratification" track on iTunes, which means an instant download when the album is pre-ordered.

"Exit Signs In A Burning Building (2017-)"

On April 7, 2017, Born Cages will put out their latest release, Exit Signs In A Burning Building. It will be a 7 song mini-album/EP, produced by Vlad Holiday, mixed by Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend, The Strokes, Hamilton Leithouser), mastered by Emily Lazar (Arcade Fire, The Killers, Lou Reed), with additional production by Matt Maroulakos. The first song released was Ain't Gonna Happen on December 6, 2016, which reached No. 42 on Spotify's United States Viral 50 Chart on January 9. On February 7, 2017, the band premiered their second single Half Asleep on Pancakes & Whiskey along with more details on the upcoming release.