Caged Animals

“My other band, Soft Black, was on tour with our friends, Werewolves, both bands in a nine passenger van driving across America”, recalls Vincent Cacchione. “We were hot, AC-less, and running out of money. I had already begun experimenting with this weird brand of home-recorded pop, but it lacked an identity. The name, Caged Animals, crept into my head whilst driving in this over-stuffed tin can.” As it turns out, Caged Animals is, not just in this case, a spontaneous and honest reaction to a sticky situation, both emotionally direct and refreshingly liberating in its communication.

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Borne mostly out of playful, late-night improvisation on home recording equipment, and experimentation with tones and beats, Cacchione has created a highly personal, wistfully nostalgic world that basks in the golden glow of love both new and old, in the haze of regret and the blur of days gone by. Taken collectively, these are songs which gather poignancy with every play, and resonance with every repeat, lending increasing profundity towards the fleeting moments in life which we only wish could linger a little longer.

Caged Animals, therefore, arose as a reaction to the darkness: the soft-focus yin to Soft Black’s unrelenting yang. “I found myself more drawn to my home recording equipment as a means of expression than the pen and paper. The most important thing was allowing myself way more freedom in the realm of lyric. Many of my favourite Caged Animals’ tracks are first takes of pure feeling with no pre-conceived lyric attached, just off the top of the head. I feel like the two projects (when taken together) are an accurate description of my personality. I can be kind of a heavy and philosophical dude but Caged Animals reflects my lighter-hearted optimism, a cathartic expression, not indulgent of any myopic melancholy. For me, it feels like the most natural expression of myself, and I value emotional honesty in music more than anything else.”