{"id":1953,"date":"2014-09-09T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2014-09-15T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T15:28:13","slug":"cymbals-eat-guitars-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/cymbals-eat-guitars-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"Cymbals Eat Guitars <br>LOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cymbals_eat_guitars-lose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1954\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cymbals_eat_guitars-lose.jpg\" alt=\"Cymbals Eat Guitars, LOSE\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cymbals_eat_guitars-lose.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cymbals_eat_guitars-lose-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>An album is often thought of as snapshot of where the artist is at the time, and it\u2019s common to look to the record\u2019s lyrics for a sliver of insight into his mental inner sanctum. But other times it\u2019s not as straightforward as that. It could simply be a series of character studies, a collection of lyrical exercises, or the result of long simmering thoughts. It\u2019s the later that seems to be case for Cymbals Eat Guitars\u2019 third album, <i>LOSE<\/i> (Barsuk Records). The album\u2019s thematic framework is based around the death of frontman Joseph D\u2019Agostino\u2019s best friend, Ben High, of a heart condition seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But <i>LOSE<\/i> isn\u2019t a po-faced elegy to a friend. It\u2019s a energetically dynamic record that celebrates that friendship, and at once is also a love letter to his time spent growing up in New Jersey. There\u2019s some bold letter, all caps references to the Garden State, such as on \u201cJackson,\u201d but there are also a number of one-liners and asides that will please the Jersey trainspotters. But D\u2019Agostino also taps into the universal ennui of youth, when hours of nothing to do is wasted away at strip malls. That such disdain is balanced with nostalgia for that time shows the complexity of the songwriting. D\u2019Agostino shows a talent for mining a narrative, revealing both the smallest details as well as honest emotions.<\/p>\n<p>And yet the strongest writing wouldn\u2019t be so engaging without the proper backing to support it. On <i>LOSE<\/i> Cymbals Eat Guitars\u2019 musical evolution is striking. They\u2019ve retained the frantic attack of their earlier albums, but it\u2019s juxtaposed with relatively minimalistic moments. And while most of the songs stay comfortably in the three- to four-minute zone, the band also stretches out, as on the centerpiece \u201cLaramie,\u201d which clocks in at a robust eight minutes. With songs full of ideas and movement, <i>LOSE<\/i> is a perfect balance of form and function.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An album is often thought of as snapshot of where the artist is at the time, and it\u2019s common to look to the record\u2019s lyrics for a sliver of insight into<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,831,830],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-barsuk-records","tag-cymbals-eat-guitars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cymbals Eat Guitars LOSE - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/cymbals-eat-guitars-lose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cymbals Eat Guitars LOSE - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An album is often thought of as snapshot of where the artist is at the time, and it\u2019s common to look to the record\u2019s lyrics for a sliver of insight into\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/cymbals-eat-guitars-lose\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-09T14:01:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-09-15T15:28:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cymbals_eat_guitars-lose.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dorian S. 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