Cabinet Man

After working on Spirit Phone for four years, Cicierega released 11 previews of songs intended for the album in 2012. An instrumental "Cabinet Man" demo appears as the third song of this with different instrumentation and production from its final version. Later that year, Lemon Demon would go on to perform an early version of the song at the anime convention Youmacon. "Cabinet Man" was released on Spirit Phone on February 29, 2016, along with a pre-2012 demo of the song as a bonus track. The song's lyrics were inspired by Polybius, describing a man who fuses with an arcade machine and experiences adoration and abandonment before being destroyed. The song has since amassed over 65 million streams. ==Reception==

The Daily Mississippian included the song on its 2023 Halloween playlist, It inspired the indie game Neon Nemesis, featured at the 2019 Alt.Ctrl.GDC Exhibition. The game is played by up to four racers, against a fifth player, the "nemesis" who controls their character from inside the arcade cabinet itself. "Cabinet Man" is featured multiple times in the TV series Nancy Drew, additionally playing during episode "The Warning of the Frozen Heart". During a proposal scene featuring the characters George and Nick, Ace holds a vinyl copy of Spirit Phone, proclaiming he found it at a thrift store. "Cabinet Man" appears as a recurring topic throughout the show, with a majority of characters enjoying the song. ==Personnel==

• Neil Cicierega – vocals, instruments, programming, engineering, production • Mark Kramer – remastering • Angel Marcloid – remastering ==Charts==