Cage The Elephant singer talks 2023 arrest, psychological well being battle
Cage The Elephant frontman Matt Shultz has opened up concerning the “psychological well being disaster” he confronted that led to his arrest in 2023.
In January final yr, Shultz was apprehended for unlawful possession of two loaded weapons the day after an worker on the Bowery Resort in Decrease Manhattan allegedly noticed him carrying a handgun into the bottom ground public bogs.
The prosecutors claimed Shultz seemed to be intoxicated on the time and when the police arrived at his resort room, they discovered two weapons and a set of 11 Polaroid photographs, a few of which confirmed the firearm in query.
He later pleaded responsible to 3 fees of tried legal possession of a weapon, legal possession of a firearm and legal possession of a weapon and walked away with a no-jail plea deal.
Now, Shultz has lastly opened up concerning the incident by way of a put up on Instagram. “It’s a miracle that I’m right here immediately. I used to be arrested final yr, and it undoubtedly saved my life. After my arrest, I went to the hospital for 2 months adopted by months of outpatient therapy. I can lastly clarify what occurred,” he wrote.
The vocalist defined: “Over the past three years, I used to be unknowingly combating my method by means of an utter psychological well being disaster. In a short while, I had slipped into psychosis attributable to an iatrogenic response to a medicine I used to be prescribed.”
He went on to say that it was by means of the love of his mates, household, bandmates and spouse that he managed to get by means of it. He spoke about his spouse’s “unwavering love” and assist, saying that her assist “coupled with skilled therapy helped me to regain my grip on actuality and full get better.”
In January this yr, Cage The Elephant returned with their first new music in 5 years, ‘Neon Capsule’. The observe marks the band’s first new music for the reason that launch of their 2019 album ‘Social Cues’ and sees frontman Matt Shultz reminisce upon a failed romance.
‘Social Cues’ scored a four-star overview, with Andrew Trendell writing for NME: “‘The Warfare Is Over’ and ‘What I’m Turning into’ each have that sombre and smokey lounge act really feel of The Final Shadow Puppets or Mini Mansions, however simply revisit the extra refined moments on ‘Melophobia’ and ‘Inform Me I’m Fairly’ and also you’ll realise that it’s a guise that Cage The Elephant have carried inside all of them alongside.”