Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Mates of State Mates of State (who head out on a big tour in September), Cymbals Eat Guitars (ditto), and Yellow Ostrich (October & November) played a private Barsuk Records showcase at Mercury Lounge in NYC... more info

DrownedInSound — With their nerve held, this is Cymbals Eat Guitars at an impressively high creative watermark still early in their career. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — (Memphis Industries)If Cymbals Eat Guitars took a physical journey across America on their debut album, 2009's Why There Are Mountains, their followup takes a leap into the metaphysical and otherworldly. When he's not contemplating the "unobservable ... more info

Music For Ants — As I pointed out in my Best Albums of 2011 (so far) list, this has been an amazing year for sophomore albums and from what I heard from Cymbals Eat Guitars, I have no reason to expect that their second album will be anything less then exceptional. Th... more info

Stereogum — If you enjoyed Lenses Alien‘s 8 mnute Polvo-meets-shoegaze opener “Rifle Sight (Proper Name)” and the shorter but no less ambitious “Definite Darkness,” you definitely want Cymbals Eat Guitars’ entire John Agnello-produced sophomore LP wh... more info

Altsounds — New York/New Jersey psych-pop wunderkinds *Cymbals Eat Guitars* will release *Lenses Alien*, their sophomore album on August 30 in the U.S. via *Barsuk*, moved up from September 13. (It's out September 12 in the UK via Memphis Industries). As soon as... more info

Stereogum — At just under five minutes, “Definite Darkness” is a full 3:30 shorter than the expansive and muscular, shoegazy indie rock epic “Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name).” But just under five minutes is still plenty long, long enough that Cymbals Eat Gu... more info

Stereogum — Name: Cymbals Eat Guitars Progress Report: Psych-pop freakologists go for an even bigger sound on sophomore release, Lenses Alien. When Cymbals Eat Guitars released Why There Are Mountains back in 2009, much was written about the band’s epic sound ... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Sister's Den Records / 2009These guys have a new album out in September, which has me revisiting their older material. Great band. Fantastic debut album.1 part(s) MU, downloadbuy it more info

Stereogum — “Rifle Sight (Proper Name)” is the 8-minute opener from Cymbals Eat Guitars’ John Agnello-produced sophomore collection Lenses Alien, which the press release notes includes vocals from 3/4 of the band. What they don’t tell you is that “Rifl... more info