and on 21 July 2015, Sykes revealed the album’s name was That’s the Spirit .
On 13 July 2015, the second single ” Happy Song ” was released,
The band released a short video in early July where the words “that’s the spirit” could be heard in reverse.
In July 2015, Martin announced on Facebook that he was recording new Mad Season material with McCready and McKagan. The fruits of the collaboration resulted in a project called The Levee Walkers, which released the songs “Freedom Song” and “Tears for the West” in 2016 with singer Jaz Coleman and…
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In late June, the band began to promote pictures of an umbrella symbol being used as a tattoo, and on stickers, and posters across England, the United States, Australia, and Europe; it was later used for a promotional cover for the band’s first single.
In June 2015, the band released an acclaimed album called Dark Matter/Dark Energy on Cherry Red Records in Europe and Metropolis Records in the USA and South America. The album made many of the year-end best album lists for 2015.
As of June 2015 Johns recruited two former Blackfeather members, Harry Brus on bass guitar and Stuart Fraser on guitar, along with Gary Steel on keyboards and Paul Wheeler on drums (ex- Icehouse ).
On April 7, 2015, the band released their twelfth studio album, Blow Up the Moon which peaked at No. 29 on Independent Albums and No. 47 on Top Rock Albums Billboard charts .
On February 8, 2015, Cage the Elephant earned their first Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album category at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards . The album has since been certified platinum.
To cap 2015, the band played back-to-back shows on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at Lafayette Theater in Lafayette, Indiana , with Shannon Hoon’s mother present. Nico Blue, Hoon’s daughter, took the stage to sing the song “Change.”