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. 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).
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