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It has been said, lately, that Cymbals Eat Guitars are so hot they're melting internet cables all over the indie music blog viewing world. The group and their 2009 debut release, "Why There Are Mountains," are riding an 8.3/Best New Music rating by Pitchfork and a performance at the site's music festival. The band draws influence from classic era Modest Mouse, The Wrens, Built To Spill and Pavement, but continue to expand upon some of the best elements of that sound. Despite their young ages, the band is constantly praised for their creativity, density, unpredictability, and maturity of sound. As Pitchfork's Ian Cohen so aptly puts it, "Yelpy and adenoidal, bombastic and yet unkempt, you could pretty much slap a sticker on this thing saying 'RIYL: indie rock.'"