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This whole album seems aimed at adding yet more dynamicism to their live show. There seems to be strong noise and punk influence on this track, but the aural assault is over quickly. This might not be the best way to bring in new fans, but as a statement of intent it's pretty grand. The vocals sound like a “screaming gremlin” according to my notes.
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Full of heavy heavy distortion on it's synth base.
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Nat's opinion: “<3 this, I would probably buy this (read: download for free) :-)” 'Celestica' feels like it could be a single, played everywhere remotely trendy. Much of this album feels more mature, and developed, as if they now have the confidence to take their ideas where they want to. The vocals are smoother – I have the phrase “less bratty” written in my notes. There's a greater density here though, both of ideas and music.
This one sounds more like their debut – it seems to be using the same synth sound that ran through a lot of that record.
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Nat's opinion: “Sounds a bit like when you get a zip stuck in the washing machine :-(”
This isn't a comfortable listen, and it signs what is to come. Towards the end more melodies start to emerge from the discord, from slow burning synths.
There's a pounding bass drum – it's almost nightmarish. What sounds like fragments of conversation have been turned into rhythmic pieces of the song. Those noise elements that Crystal Castles always claimed were an influence are a lot more audible now. It's probably the soundsystem, but this just feels louder – it's certainly denser. Those phased, distorted vocals are back, but these seem harsher. The album opens on that piercing audio shrapnel the band often deploy, before a heavy electro beat drifts in. Her verdict lies below the “more informed” verdict of DiS. She did not know who Crystal Castles were, but was made to give a one sentence opinion on each track. For the purpose of this experiment we had a control group, our friend Nat. Scene setting: Arriving into the murky basement in East London, a projector, a spread of nibbles and two massive speakers were set up. Hopes are therefore on the upper side of 'high' for this second album, right? More importantly, the album was pretty great (DiS gave it 8/10) and the live show was what can only be termed 'visceral.' All in all, a rousing success. Their debut saw them attracting fans everywhere, appearing in Skins and singer Alice Glass topping the NME Cool List. It shares its name with previous album Crystal Castles (which came 15th in DiS's albums of 2008) but we'll leave others to make the jokes about lack of creativity in titling. For 2012's more streamlined III, the duo decamped to Warsaw, where they recorded direct to tape, eschewing any computer-assisted recording.On a sunny day in April (last Thursday) DiS got invited along to a listen through of the new Crystal Castles album, Crystal Castles, set to be released June 7, on Fiction (full details here). The duo returned in 2010 with another self-titled album when it leaked onto the Internet in late April of that year, the band released it digitally soon after, with a physical release following that May. Tours with the Presets and Metric in 2007 set the stage for the release of Crystal Castles' self-titled debut album, which Last Gang released early in 2008. Kath and Glass worked on their own songs and also honed their remixing skills, tweaking songs for Klaxons as well as GoodBooks, Uffie, Health, and Bloc Party. "Alice Practice" was released as a limited-edition 7" in summer 2006 on Merok Records, also home to Klaxons its 500-copy run sold out in three days. One of the songs the pair recorded, "Alice Practice," was something of an accident: it was intended to be a demo of Glass testing out a microphone, but its presence on MySpace piqued record labels' interest. When Kath collaborated with singer Alice Glass on some songs in spring 2005, Crystal Castles' lineup was complete.
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Kath got the moniker from the name of She-Ra's dwelling in the He-Man and Masters of the Universe cartoon series it's also the name of a 1983 Atari video game, which is oddly appropriate, considering that one component of the band's distinctive sound comes from a keyboard modified with an Atari 5200 sound chip. Fusing low-res electronic noise and pop hooks so effortlessly that it can seem accidental, Crystal Castles began as producer/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath's solo project in late 2003.