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| Joseph D'Agostino |
The year after graduating high school in New Jersey in 2006,
guitarist Joseph D'Agostino was
making music in Cymbals Eat Guitars. The name of the indie rock band came from
a Lou Reed quote describing the sound of the Velvet Underground. Based out of
Staten Island, New York, Cymbals Eat Guitars first gained buzz in 2009 with a
self-released debut album Why There Are
Mountains. Since 2009, Cymbals Eat Guitars consists of D'Agostino, bassist Matthew Whipple, keyboardist Brian Hamilton, and drummer Andrew Dole. Cymbals Eat Guitars
released a third album, Lose, on
August 26, 2014.
Opening for Bob Mould
at the Bowery Ballroom tonight,
Cymbals Eat Guitars combined a raw garage band sound with shoegaze and emo. A
few slow-burn songs hosted a contemplative side of the band, others exhibited
angst and loss, but most of the set was rocket-fueled riffing that was intentionally
monotonous for climaxing tension-and-release effect, with D'Agostino frequently
shouting and distorting his guitar leads with his whammy bar. While some songs
sounded more accessible than others, Cymbals Eat Guitars was grounded in
experimentation and noise.
Visit Cymbals Eat Guitars at www.cymbalseatguitars.com.
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