Cymbals Eat Guitars / Lenses Alien
Album: Lenses Alien   Collection:General
Artist:Cymbals Eat Guitars   Added:Aug 2011
Label:Barsuk Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-11-20 Pull Date: 2012-01-22
Week Ending: Jan 22 Jan 15 Jan 8 Jan 1 Dec 11 Dec 4 Nov 27
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 07, 2017: satin fever
Keep Me Waiting
4. Feb 08, 2012: The Fall of Math
Keep Me Waiting
2. Dec 04, 2014: The Fishbowl
Definite Darkness
5. Jan 18, 2012: The Fall of Math
Secret Family
3. Mar 14, 2012: The Fall of Math
Another Tunguska
6. Jan 10, 2012: fake orangeasm
The Current

Album Review
Andy S
Reviewed 2011-11-18
Strong, emotional indie-guitar-rock. Sophomore album from this young, highly technical band - more aggressive and less lofty, if also less subtle, than their first release. Operatic emo-pop vocals fit in strikingly well alongside often creative guitar walls. In the same progressive indie camp as Wye Oak, The Joy Formidable; big influences are …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Wrens. Start with 3, 7; FCC 4. –Andy

1 - (8:32) big chaotic opener; soaring pop vocal lines and long instrumental sections
2 - (2:36) quick and darkly Shins-y in the jangly guitar line and vox delivery
**3 - (3:01) fast and driving with some strong Dino Jr guitar riffs
4 - FCC 'fuck', 'shit' (4:13) mid, emotional
*5 - (4:52) mid, upbeat, dynamic, lots of cool instrumentals; blends into 6
*6 - (3:13) mid, powerful, theatrical, elements of Bends-era Radiohead
**7 - (2:08) instrumental until 1:30; noisy, almost MBV-esque guit. riffs, grunge vox line
8 - (2:55) straightforward, solid indie rock
*9 - (3:29) fast, triumphant, striking guitar/piano interplay on chorus
10 - (4:19) slower dramatic album piece into loud, chaotic stretches; screamy finish.

Track Listing
1. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)   6. Another Tunguska
2. Shore Points   7. The Current
3. Keep Me Waiting   8. Wavelengths
4. Plainclothes   9. Secret Family
5. Definite Darkness   10. Gary Condit