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Why There Are Mountains

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Why There Are Mountains

First release by the leftfield indie rock New Yorkers

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7.2

Label
Self-released
UK Release date
16/03/2009
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  1. 8.3 |   Pitchfork

    What's most admirable about this sophisticated self-released debut is Cymbals Eat Guitars' willingness to think big with gestures that shouldn't fly in the hands of a young band.
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  2. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Just when you think you’ve sussed where they’re going, they add something unexpected and move the show to another stage. Music to become obsessive about.
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    It pummels our brain into the Pavement-y distorted indie... and lo-fi orchestrated wail-outs

  4. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    ...one can tune in at the beginning, middle, or end of a track and have no humanly idea how Cymbals Eat Guitars went from one to the other to the other. What could be better?
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  5. 8.0 |   The Fly

    Looks like Staten Island just coughed up a bunch of future stars
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  6. 8.0 |   State

    Cymbals Eat Guitars aim to challenge their listeners; nothing is ever what is seems... curious musical contradictions that are so skillfully crafted they are nothing short of endlessly captivating
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Beneath the sonic layers there's plenty of emotional dexterity. Well worth drifting back to
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  8. 7.0 |   Click Music

    Derivative – and at times a touch unlistenable – it may be, but Why There Are Mountains is a bold and captivating first move that’s filled with promise
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  9. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Warning: the musicians you hear on this album may be pretentiously smart and take themselves very seriously
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

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