If you enjoyed Lenses Alien‘s 8 mnute Polvo-meets-shoegaze opener “Rifle Sight (Proper Name)” and the shorter but no less ambitious “Definite Darkness,” you definitely want Cymbals Eat Guitars’ entire John Agnello-produced sophomore LP when it’s out 8/30. Today we’re giving away a unique prize package that includes not just the album, but a whole bunch of limited edition swag including a custom guitar pedal.
One of you lucky readers will receive:
- Lenses Alien on four formats: CD, LP, MP3 and FLAC
- Lenses Alien LP test pressing
- Lenses Alien limited-edition cassette
- Limited edition t-shirt
- Two buttons
- A unique (only twenty exist!) guitar pedal created by the band. Info & video below.
The smallsound/bigsound Poly-Grace is a mystery fuzz pedal with highly interactive controls that can create a variety of damaged sounds. Easily achievable “tame” fuzz tones give way to unpredictable sonic behaivior with the flick of a switch or the twist of a knob: heavy psych bass fuzz tones, shoegaze textures, volume swells, octave jumping, weird gurgles and buzzsaw sustain…
For the technically-minded, the Poly-Grace is an interesting pedal; it contains a bypass-able transistor fuzz section, a unique IC fuzz section as the heart of the circuit and a push-pull output stage with selectable voltage – making it a mini-amplifier in itself that will power a speaker! Plug it into a 4 or 8 ohm speaker cab for amplification from speaking to shouting volume suitable for studio recording or just playing at home. The circuit reacts slightly differently whether being used as a speaker driver or as a pedal… so experiment!
Pretty cool. All you have to do to enter is (1) be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook, and (2) comment with your favorite Cymbals Eat Guitars song via Facebook Connect (do not use your ‘Gum user account on this post — we’ll have to be able to check if you are a fan of Stereogum on FB when the sweepstakes ends). We’ll pick a winner from the comments posted here, at random. Deadline to enter is 8/29 at 5:30PM EST. Have your comment logged by then, and you’re in.
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Tunguska
wind phoenix
c-c-c-cold spring
Their cover of Detroit Has a Skyline from the first AV Club Undercover series.
And the Hazy Sea
What Dogs See
Share
…And the Hazy Sea
Some Trees (Merritt Moon)
Definite Darkness, without a doubt, brings a bit of brightness into my day
Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)
cold cpring
Cold Spring
definite darkness.
Living North.
Some Trees (Merritt Moon)
…And the Hazy Sea is pretty righteous
And the Hazy Sea
Wind Phoenix
Definite Darkness
And The Hazy Sea
Some Trees (Merrit Moon) for sure.
PS: NnnnnnNNNNNNNnnnnNNNNN
Cold Spring!!!
Definite Darkness I will say.
I was blown away.
Rifle Sight (Proper Name)
Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)
and the hazy sea
Wavelengths
Indiana
…And the Hazy Sea
And The Hazy Sea
And the Hazy Sea
Sheesh, that is a VERY difficult choice. perhaps “share” or “Cold Spring.” I Love you.
INDIANA!!!
So I’m the winner. Yes?
Cold spring!
Wind Phoenix
Wind Phoenix
And The Hazy Sea!
INDIANA!
Indiana!
Indiana timmiedeluca@comcast.net
Wind Phoenix
Indiana
And the Hazy Sea!
Wind Phoenix!
and the hazy sea…
Cold Spring
Plainclothes
Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)
Colddd Spring!
COLD SPRING!
tunguska.
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Rifle Sight (Proper Name)
keep me waiting
And the Hazy Sea
Cold Spring!
Wind Phoenix
I fancy Another Tungusky, please. Cant wait to see C’s Eat G’s live.
Some Trees (Merritt Moon)
Cold Spring at The Earl, ATL – March 11. Oddly enough, made me pine for long fall afternoons in high school.
…And the Hazy Sea
Cold Spring
Plainclothes – That live video is amazing
Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name)
seems like the favorite, but…
…and the hazy sea
And the Hazy Sea
…And the Hazy Sea
Shore Lines.
Definite Darkness
What Dogs See
have to go with Indiana
….and the hayyyzzzeeee seeeeeaaaaaaaaaa
Cold Spring all the way.
…And the Hazy Sea
Definite Darkness
and the hazy sea
It’s got to be “Definite Darkness”. It encapsulates the range, space, hooks, and sonics of this entire album. By far this is the center piece to which is Lenses Alien. Now gimme that PEDAL!!!!
Wind Phoenix
Rifle Sight (Proper Name)
And the Hazy Sea
definite darkness
Street Joy! Where am I?
…..Cold Spring.
Some Trees (Merrit Moon)
and the hazy sea
indiana
Wind Phoenix (Proper Name)
Cold Spring
Cold Spring
Tunguska for sure.
Share…all for that first guitar chord.
Living North
COLD SPRING
Cold Spring
Indiana!
And the Hazy Sea