Cymbals Eat Guitars-Why There Are Mountains
While they did make Pitchfork's Best New Music, which basically dictates whether people listen to you or not in the jungle that is independent music, the hype can not live up to Cymbals Eat Guitars. While they got positive reviews across the board, too many people wrote them off as just a revivalist band, celebrating the sprawling sound of Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and some Pavement. Bullsh*t. First off, the indie road trip record has only really been done by a few bands, and there's plenty of trail to be blazed in that realm. And CEG hold their f*cking own. With killer riffs, no identifiable song structures, and lyrics that were originally poetry separate from music, they go from, screaming to whispering, ferocious guitar to gentle electric piano, and from nothing to something with their self-released album. It is literally impossible to overhype this. For me, it slides right in at number 2 behind Merriweather for albums of the year.
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