The fourth EP from
the Cab, 2014's
Lock Me Up, finds the emo pop outfit moving toward a more highly polished dance music- and contemporary R&B-influenced sound. This is the band's second release since signing with Universal Republic, and the follow-up to their 2011 sophomore full-length album
Symphony Soldier. Once again showcasing the vocal talents of Alexander DeLeon,
Lock Me Up is a high-energy set of songs that, while retaining
the Cab's longstanding knack for passionate emo-rock, reveals such varied stylistic influences as dubstep, piano balladry, and four-on-the-floor dance club electronica. In that sense,
Lock Me Up brings to mind the emo-soul of
Fall Out Boy mixed with the more electronic pop end of
Maroon 5. Included here are such cuts as the title track single, "Moon, and "These Are Lies." ~ Matt Collar