Crystal Castles is releasing a new album this year - their first since their self titled EP came out in 2008. For the uninitiated, Crystal Castles is an expermental electronic noise act with Ethan Kath bringing the unassuming yet driving beats and Alice Glass providing the insane vocals and stage presense. I saw them open for Metric back in 2007 and an extremely drunk Alice Glass proceeded to destroy the Showbox and make Crystal Castles the only act Ive ever seen the Showbox stop halfway when she jumped on top of Metric's drum kit.On top of all that, I was blown away by their music - once described as "8-bit terror," it is absolutely one of the most infectious electronic sounds Ive ever heard - I actually spent a good part of winter 2007 obsessed with their music, and a huge part of summer 2009 listening to "Black Panther" on repeat endlessly.
To prep their album, on April 17th the band will release what is being billed as their comback single "Doe Deer," an "abrubtly to-the-point one minute and thirty seven riot of brutally modernist, white noise punk power," according to steroboard.
Awesome.
Until then enjoy this great remix of my fav, "Black Panter", and this excellent recently upped mastered version of Midnight Consipiracy's remix of Crystal Castle's original breakout track, Crimewave. Which, course, was a remix of HEALTH's Crimewave. A remix of a remix of a heavily sampled track. I love it.
1 comment:
ahhhh can't fucking wait.
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