The approach for American bands to learn their trade in the UK, where the group will ideally gain huge success and a cult following before going back across the pond to conquer their home turf, is a tactic that has been fruitfully employed by The Killers, Scissor Sisters and Kings Of Leon in recent times. Although Kentucky residents Cage The Elephant didn't conquer England when they decamped to East London at the start of their career, their single 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' peaked at 32 in the UK charts, the band still generated plenty of column inches in the UK's credible rock and indie press and developed a strong on-line following which would go on to help them on their return to the US. One year after the band first dipped their toes into the British charts, Cage The Elephant where enjoying the biggest success of their career with 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked' charting at number 5 in the Billboard charts. A typically jaunty indie tune with a guitar line reminiscent of Beck's 'Looser', 'Ain't No Rest...' tells the tale of everyday folk doing bad things just to get by: a subject which is always relevant regardless of which side of the Atlantic it is conveyed on. ~Stephen Titmus Copyright (c) Shazam Entertainment Limited 2009. All rights reserved shazam

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