So often nowadays I read about a band in pretty much every music mag, see them on every blog and hear their name bandied about like their the best thing since sliced Ben & Jerry’s. And far too often, after getting all excited from all the hype, the band turn out to be, well, shite (Foals being the most recent offender).
Crystal Castles, however, manage to deliver. Their weirdly dark, somewhat-ambient-but-still-upbeat, low-fi sound is rather intriguing, and probably has most music journalists sweating in a panic as they try to invent another genre to box them in to.
I’m not sure if their sound could stretch to a full-length album but, with all good poppy dance groups, they should be a cracking singles band.
The track of their’s I’m currently hooked on is “Crimewave”, which apparently is a collboration with Health, who have such a common name I can’t find anything about them. Oh well. The track was released as a limited 7″ earlier this year, and it’s relative unattainability leads me to assume that I can post this, free of reprieve. hurrah!
Download “Crimewave”
Crystal Castles on MySpace
Crystal Castles remixes on MySpace
“Crimewave” video on YouTube
[...] I guess I was wrong. Despite my initial reservations, Toronto-based duo Crystal Castles‘ glitchy, weird sound has stretched out to a full-length album. And it’s pretty great, too. Read on! [...]
[...] I guess I was wrong. Despite my initial reservations, Toronto-based duo Crystal Castles‘ glitchy, weird sound has stretched out to a full-length album. And it’s pretty great, too. Read on! [...]