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A finitely presented group with two simple relations

Is the group $G$ with the presentation $\langle x,y \;|\; x^7=1, y^2 x y=x^4\rangle$ is solvable? is infinite? I have computed by GAP the following fators of derived series of $G$: $G/G'\cong C_3 \times C_7$, $G'/G'' \cong C_2 \times C_2 \times C_2 \times C_7$, and $G''/G^{(3)}$ and $G^{(3)}/G^{(4)}$ are elementary abelian $2$-groups of rank $8$ and $16$, respectively. I couldn't go further, it apparently needs more time and .... Maybe a simple trick needs here.