Cymbals Eat Guitars: Why There Are Mountains | CD review

(Memphis Industries)Released in the UK without much screaming and shouting in the autumn, CEG's debut mined the quintessentially American wells of 90s alt-rock and road-trip imagery to create one of the best first albums of 2009. Not many people seem to have noticed it though, which might be something to do with them having the worst band name since Hooky and Mani's Freebass. Never mind, it's been growing on me since. Joseph D'Agostino's wordly lyrics about desolate Indiana bus stations and what...

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