After sharing the single ‘Wish,’ New York rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars have unveiled a brand new track from their upcoming album Pretty Years, out on 16th September via Sinderlyn. Entitled ‘4th of July, Philadelphia (SANDY),’ the track sees the band at their most noisy, scuzzy and incandescent. It relays the story of how frontman Joseph D’Agostino became a passenger to a rather intoxicated driver, and the song’s intense fuzziness intends to take the listener on a similarly harrowing experience. It’s a pounding, full-throttle slice of alt rock. Listen below.
Speaking of Pretty Years, D’Agostino said: “With this record… I think we nailed it this time. First or second takes of everything, real hunger in the performances. Just something to prove.”
Bassist Matthew Whipple said of the new album: “We wanted to make a more energetic record. I personally looked to artists like Springsteen, 70’s Bowie, The Smiths, The Cure, Neil Young as inspiration for—not really for sound as much as for that dichotomy of bands who were entertainers still making, at times, weird dark music and writing songs that seem totally over-the-top by today’s rock band standards.”
