According to ultimateclassicrock.com, Billy Idol’s The Cage EP is a four song record that followed up last year’s The Roadside and seems to be his new preferred form for releasing new music. The 14 minute long EP goes by quickly and leaves you wanting more. Longtime guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens is seen on the EP along with Idol.
Idol kicks things off by “screaming in isolation” from a “Cage,” ready to break out after “living on the edge” and “fighting with my demons” while Stevens and the others steer the song from its tense verses into an explosive bridge and chorus. He goes even deeper for “Running From The Ghost,” which begins with Idol alone with a piano before the song jumps to a goth-y metallic sound. As for the remaining two songs, “Rebel Like You” is a guitar heavy, glammy rocker and “Miss Nobody” is a bit of a changeup, being produced by hitmaker Butch Walker and co-written by Sam Hollander. The track’s sonic polish and rhythm are contemporary and the women in the story being told are down and out but not defeated, and still defiant – is not a far cry from where Idol has positioned himself on the EP. Some fans may be craving a full album from Idol, however, the short form format may be working out after all leaving you always wanting more.
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