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[Cymbals Eat Guitars] was essentially a solo project at first. Songwriter and [singer/guitarist Joseph D’Agostino] played most of the stuff on [2009’s Why There Are Mountains], enlisting help from friends along the way and self-releasing the record. Then the album took off, so the band had to tour. Half the members left, and new, ready-to-do-this-for-a-living musicians joined in their stead.
Then, the band planned a follow-up that was meant to showcase all the growing they’d done as a cohesive unit and their totally new collaborative approach to writing and arranging, etc. etc. After secluding themselves writing and rehearsing [in bassist Matthew Whipple’s New Jersey basement] because they wanted a “freedom to explore previously not afforded” (e.g., freedom to “refine melodies,” “push the boundaries of arrangements,” et al.), they hired indie A-list producer [John Angello (Sonic Youth, Kurt Vile)] to re-contextualize [Cymbals Eat Guitars’] sounds and strengths into a cohesive record that is, as is repeatedly assured, the work of a b-a-n-d BAND.
That record is titled [Lenses Alien] and is slated for release on [September 13] via [Barsuk], at which point the band will take to the road for an extensive tour of [the US] to promote this new, more well-defined, more confident showcase of a band that has truly come into its own.
[Lenses Alien] tracklisting:
01. rifle eyesight (proper name)
02. shore points
03. keep me waiting
04. plainclothes
05. definite darkness
06. another tunguska
07. the current
08. wavelengths
09. secret family
10. gary condit
[Cymbals Eat Guitars U.S. Fall] Tour
09.20.11 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall*#
09.21.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg#
09.22.11 - Hamden, CT - The Space*#
09.24.11 - Washington, DC - Black Cat*#
09.26.11 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506*
09.27.11 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl*
09.29.11 - New Orleans LA - One Eyed Jacks*
09.30.11 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s (Upstairs)*
10.01.11 - Austin, TX - Emos*
10.02.11 - Denton, TX - Dan’s Silverleaf*
10.04.11 - Tucson, AZ - Hotel Congress*
10.05.11 - San Diego, CA - Casbah*
10.06.11 - Long Beach, CA - Alex’s Bar*
10.07.11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo*
10.08.11 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill*
10.10.11 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios*
10.11.11 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile*
10.13.11 - Boise, ID - Neurolux*
10.14.11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby*
10.15.11 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive*
10.17.11 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown Jr*
10.19.11 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street*
10.20.11 - Madison, WI - High Noon*
10.21.11 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall*
10.23.11 - Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern*
10.27.11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom*#
* Hooray For Earth
# Biege
• Cymbals Eat Guitars: http://cymbalseatguitars.com
• Barsuk: http://www.barsuk.com
