Cymbals Eat Guitars announce fall tour in support of Lenses Alien, probably won’t be earning themselves any cymbal endorsement deals anytime soon

Cymbals Eat Guitars announce fall tour in support of Lenses Alien, probably won't be earning themselves any cymbal endorsement deals anytime soon

Hey Squeo, check it out. I’m so well organized over here that I think I’ve already got a template for this narrative. Try this on for size and let me know if it works. Let me just plug in the appropriate details and…

[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

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