Caged Animals is the recording project of Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione. Cacchione emerged from his role fronting Soft Black (whose members included DIIV's Zachary Cole Smith) to form Caged Animals alongside his sister Talya, partner Magali Charron, and childhood friend Patrick Curry. Since 2011 Caged Animals have released three LPs of their unguarded and noir-tinged indie-rock, described by The New Yorker as a "hip-hop influenced Velvet Underground" & The Guardian as the perfect band to re-soundtrack Blue Velvet. On their new record Underneath The Spell, Caged Animals have crafted their first “band album” during the least band-friendly moment. The album's ten songs feel oddly tuned to the frequency of our shared, strange moment, building a cinematic world out of contemplative moods and isolated characters. It was born in a moment of slowing down, as Vin became a father and began to look back on the moments that shaped him. Beyond Caged Animals, Vin is an esteemed collaborator in the contemporary fiction podcasting scene, working with John Cameron Mitchell on his Anthem: Homunculus podcast, as well as, The Orbiting Human Circus by Neutral Milk Hotel and The Music Tapes' Julian Koster.  Cacchione also produced the critically-acclaimed debut album by writer, Bob Dylan cohort, and John Cale collaborator, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, a record which gave him the chance to work with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yasmine Hamdan, and Imani Coppola.