Cymbals Eat Guitars with Lenses Alien in space

Cymbals Eat Guitars with Lenses Alien in space

Cymbals Eat Guitars Lenses Alien Album Review
ALBUM REVIEW: If we were to shoot a band up in space in the late 1990’s and then they landed back on earth in late 2011 they would probably sound similar to the music on Lenses Alien by Cymbals Eat Guitars. Ageless and pure indie rock that was somehow incapsulated in this experiment of fluid guitars; almost as if anything that may have come before may have somehow influenced them in a magnetically sealed hyperbolic chamber. Never afraid to just let it fucking rip Joe & his rock-o-naughts launch you into the outer rim in a slow explosion that is every bit Trail of the Dead sounding without being formulaic as telling you a very long story via their music. Maybe it’s easier for you to imagine what The Shins would sound like with balls except in this incarnation they have volume behind the yapping. A track like “Plainclothes” is ever as much a hit as they showed us on their debut Why There Are Mountains. All the notes on here are as passionate as they are live except they give you much more this time. Lucky for them their command was steered by Jersey City denizen John Agnello so we have him to thank for capturing this space magic. But here they are playing awesomely with dynamics and layers of thick amp goodness that will clear the ear wax right out of the dormant state you were in while maybe you were up in the black. People who have since gone deaf to good music with this sonic landscape will be awakened at least for a brief respite their muscles will do a awesome convulsion they did not think they had in them.

We highly recommend this band as a cure for your rock guitar slump and bad posture. Enough of these words. Just fucking buy the shit for yourself. Catch them on tour, buy a t-shirt and whatever they say on your planet. We’re all only here temporarily so enjoy.

Definite Darkness MP3 by Cymbals Eat Guitars from Lenses Alien (2011 Barsuk)

Remember what the 90’s sounded like?
Randy Described Eternity MP3 by Built To Spill from Perfect from Now On (1997)
Punch Me Harder MP3 by Superchunk (vinyl rip) from No pocky for Kitty (1991)
high-wire moves MP3 by Polvo from Exploding Drawing (1996)
breadcrumb trail MP3 by Slint from Spiderland (1991)

Charles Bissell (Wrens) & Joe from Cymbal Eat Guitars projectmatters.org


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