New Yorkse indieband die momenteel op tour is met The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart in de USA. Daags voor dit concert spelen ze met Wilco in Hamburg en twee dagen later met The Flaming Lips In Londen. Hiermee heb je meteen drie aardige referenties. Ze zijn ook al vergeleken met Pavement of Arcade Fire, wij moesten ook denken aan Portugal The Man, Crystal Antlers en Wintersleep. Je kan natuurlijk ook gewoon eens luisteren op hun Myspace om een idee te vormen van hun muziek...
De debuutplaat "Why There Are Mountains" die aanvankelijk in eigen beheer uitkwam krijgt dit najaar een "echte" re-release.

quote Insounds:
"One could sit around rattling off possible sources of influence for days - the highly unusual and infectious melodies could suggest an obsession with Pavement, the moments of hair-raising, goose bump-inducing, utterly anthemic sonic assault would seem to point towards Built To Spill or Sonic Youth. the streamlined pop of "Some Trees (Merritt Moon)" even suggests Wire circa Chairs Missing. The angular, atypical lead lines channel Isaac Brock on The Lonesome Crowded West. The eruptions of white-hot guitar force lightning scream Ira Kaplan. The tasteful ornamentation of keyboards calls to mind some of the work Leroy Bach and Jay Bennett did together on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Yet, somehow after repeated listening, these obvious points of comparison melt away along with your face, and you´re left with something singular, something inimitable. Cymbals Eat Guitars have, with their expressionist manifesto Why There Are Mountains, opened all the windows in the musty and disused attic of indie rock and roll relics."

http://www.myspace.com/cymbalseatguitars