An Invitation To My Room

It feels like a sentence in jail sometimes, a strange solitary confinement that you’ve given yourself. 

Its Saturday night, you’re alone at your apartment.  The neighbors next door are in the backyard having a BBQ, the smell of burgers and the sound of salsa music fill the air.  All your friends are just a couple houses away at this party.  They’re txting you to come out but you won’t be leaving anytime soon.   You’re in for the night.  At home with your computer and your keyboard and your heart full of desire.  You’ve got to get it down before it goes away.

Sometimes your house is so full of people and it feels so good to hear their voices and feel their presence but still you’ve got to find some way to be alone.  To dive a little deeper.  You crawl into the back room with the door that doesn’t shut and you prop two chairs on the other side, barricading yourself in.  You don’t want to but you’ve got no choice.  There’s work to do and only you can do it.

But once in a while, it’s early in the morning, you’re the first person in the house to wake up, and quiet as a Bushwick mouse, you make your coffee and your oatmeal, and you wander off in your head and everything just falls out of you like it’s been there all along.  Now you’re listening to your new song and you don’t even remember writing one.

You’re making a record at your house.  You’ve been madly in love with music since you were a little kid and your dreams are coming true.  You’ve got some friends and family who believe in you and you don’t want to let people down.  You want to prove them right.  You’re completely lost in this thing.  No end in sight.  You suddenly realize it wouldn’t be so hard to end up like Brian Wilson and it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.  It would be worth it to make one thing that was perfect.

That’s when your lover or your friends or your mom or your record label start to call and you realize people are worried about you.  You take note but you keep fidgeting away.  Fighting through.   Refining.  Improving.  Getting closer and closer to something that is always just a single step away. 

Maybe it takes them a while, maybe it doesn’t, but at a certain point somebody gets you to leave your apartment.  You starting seeing people again, someone comes and let’s you out of that cage.  I picture it as Springtime.

And now it’s a couple months later.  You spent two years making this thing.  And for you, there’s nothing more special in the world.  And for the first time you hear it with a clear mind and you realize its PERFECT.  And that makes your heart race with joy and terror.  Your relationship with this things is that intense!  Just like a regular human relationship.  There’s no one more that you love, that you hate, that you understand intimately, that you don’t understand at all.  And there’s nothing left to do but let your guard down and invite your friends into your room to meet this strange friend. 

You’re all invited to my room tomorrow to meet one of these friends.  Bring your ears, your best headphones, and an open heart.

<3 Vincent Cacchione
Somewhere in the forest
April 30, 2013

CAGED ANIMALS - SPRING TOUR!

(somber vin, before news of exciting US tour.  photos by magali charron)

We are very excited to announce a full US tour in Spring 2013 with our long time friends and label mates, Darwin Deez. 

A while back, when I was beginning to write songs on my own, I began attending open mics at the legendary Sidewalk Cafe.  For about two years I performed there regularly. 

Under the guidance of the legendary songwriter/scene-maker Lach, I grew exponentially and met some of the most important people in my life.  Among these people were Magali Charron, the <3 of my life, and partner in this band; as well as, Darwin Smith + Andrew Hoepfner, two people whose musical fortitude have influenced me indelibly.

Throughout the years we’ve been in each others bands, shared musical ideas, and eventually made records for the same label, Lucky Number Music.  I couldn’t be any more pleased to go on this journey…

28th Feb – Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO (16+)
1st Mar – Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT (All Ages)
3rd Mar – Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR (21+) 
4th Mar – Fortune Sound Club, Vancouver, BC (19+) 
5th Mar  – The Vera Project, Seattle, WA (All Ages) 
7th Mar – Bottom of The Hill, San Francisco, CA (All Ages)
8th Mar – Echo, Los Angeles, CA (18+) 
9th Mar – Casbah, San Diego, CA (21+)

10th Mar - Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ

13th Mar – 15th Mar TBA, SXSW, TX 

16th Mar – Three Links, Dallas, TX 

18th Mar – The Record Bar, Kansas City, MO (18+)
19th Mar – Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA (All Ages)
20th Mar – 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN (18+)
21st Mar – High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI (18+)
22nd Mar – Schubas Tavern, Chicago, IL (21+)
23rd Mar – Russian Recording, Bloomington, IN (All Ages) 
25th Mar – Ace of Cups, Columbus, OH (18+)
26th Mar – Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
27th Mar – Beachland Tavern, Cleveland, OH
28th Mar – Soundlab, Buffalo, NY (18+)
29th Mar – The Garrison, Toronto, ON (19+)
30th Mar – Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Canada (18+)
1st April – Iron Horse, Northampton, MA
2nd April – Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA (18+)
3rd April – Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY
4th April – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA (All Ages)
5th April – Black Cat, Washington DC (All Ages)

(jovial, rolly polly vin, after trans-atlantic phone-call reveals the good news)

AUTUMN PERFORMANCES

(photo by Carly Sioux)

10/28 || BROOKYN, NY || BIG SNOW || w/ EMPRESS OF || 8:00 PM

11/2 || HOBOKEN, NJ || MAXWELL’S || w/ ADAM GREEN + BINKI SHAPIRO || 7:30 PM

11/4 || WASHINGTON, DC || BLACK CAT || 8:00 PM

11/9 || BROOKLYN, NY || SHEA STADIUM w/ JAMAICAN QUEENS, PHONE TAG, SELEBRITIES || 8:30 PM

11/18 || BROOKLYN, NY || GLASSLANDS || w/ SPLASH, PART TIME || 8:00 PM

12/15 || BROOKLYN, NY || BIG SNOW || w/ HOWTH

September Shows

9/8 - Muchmore’s - w/ Rifle Recoil, Give To Light, & Rosy Street - 9PM - $7

9/14 - Big Snow - w/ Slowdance + Kissing Is A Crime - 9PM - $7

9/18 - Delinquency - w/ EULA, Shark?, Dinosaur Feathers - 9PM - $7

9/22 - Moscot Gallery - (open bar courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery) - 3PM - FREE

hOLY pEOPLE VOL. 1

CAGED ANIMALS - Summer Dates