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Genre: Electropunk, witch house Origin: Canada Quality: Mp3,320 kbps. Track list: 01. Femen 02. Fleece 03. Char 04. Enth 05. Sadist 06. Teach Her How to Hunt 07. Chloroform 08. Frail 09. Concrete 10. Ornament 11. Kept 12. Their Kindness Is Charade. THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED. Please join the conversation over on our new forums » If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive. First Listen. 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). 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. Their debut saw them attracting fans everywhere, appearing in Skins and singer Alice Glass topping the NME Cool List. 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. Hopes are therefore on the upper side of 'high' for this second album, right? Scene setting: Arriving into the murky basement in East London, a projector, a spread of nibbles and two massive speakers were set up. All the better to hear the bass. For the purpose of this experiment we had a control group, our friend Nat. She did not know who Crystal Castles were, but was made to give a one sentence opinion on each track. Her verdict lies below the “more informed” verdict of DiS. It even has emoticons. 1) 'Fainting Spells' The album opens on that piercing audio shrapnel the band often deploy, before a heavy electro beat drifts in. Those phased, distorted vocals are back, but these seem harsher. It's probably the soundsystem, but this just feels louder – it's certainly denser. Those noise elements that Crystal Castles always claimed were an influence are a lot more audible now. What sounds like fragments of conversation have been turned into rhythmic pieces of the song. There's a pounding bass drum – it's almost nightmarish. Towards the end more melodies start to emerge from the discord, from slow burning synths. This isn't a comfortable listen, and it signs what is to come. Nat's opinion: “Sounds a bit like when you get a zip stuck in the washing machine :-(” 2) 'Celestica' This one sounds more like their debut – it seems to be using the same synth sound that ran through a lot of that record. There's a greater density here though, both of ideas and music. The vocals are smoother – I have the phrase “less bratty” written in my notes. Much of this album feels more mature, and developed, as if they now have the confidence to take their ideas where they want to. 'Celestica' feels like it could be a single, played everywhere remotely trendy. Nat's opinion: “<3 this, I would probably buy this (read: download for free) :-)” 3) 'Doe Deer' The first single, and it's noisy. Full of heavy heavy distortion on it's synth base. The vocals sound like a “screaming gremlin” according to my notes. This might not be the best way to bring in new fans, but as a statement of intent it's pretty grand. There seems to be strong noise and punk influence on this track, but the aural assault is over quickly. This whole album seems aimed at adding yet more dynamicism to their live show. Nat's opinion: “Sounds a bit like a baby being sick to rave music :-I” 4) 'Baptism' The opening of 'Baptism' takes you back to mid 90s trance music – you can pretty much see the lasers, the podium dancers and the gurners in overly baggy smiley face T shirts. A percussive synth burble comes in, with more distorted vocals. Each track seems to alter them in a different way, as if it's more of a testing ground than an album. Either way, it all ensures that any lyrics are all but indistinguishable. Not that it matters anyway - Crystal Castles is about sounds, not words. There's a 4/4 pounding bassline, the song coalescing into something bigger. It should be “big in the clubs” given its mastery of dance music peaks and troughs. Nat's opinion: “Sounds like a game of Pong on one of those old computers :-)” 5) 'Year Of Silence' Heavy again. The vocals sound almost exactly like Jonsi out of Sigur Ros, so much so you'll find yourself doing a double check. There are spaces, breaks in the noise, gaps that allow spectral synths to come through. 'Years Of Silence' fades out into those high pitched note heavy parts that make it sound like you're drifting through galaxies, like on 'Number 1' by Animal Collective. Nat's opinion: “. It goes on a bit :-(” 6) 'Empathy' There's an almost grime backbeat to this, and the opening sounds like menace, guys with a pitbull on a chokechain by a burned out Mondeo. Claps and a distorted vocal sample carry the melodies, sad and echo laden. It's possibly the weak link of the first half. Crystal Castle are almost always a mix of the nostalgic and the futuristic, but this feels like neither of those. It just feels spare. Nat's opinion: “This is nice :-)” 7) 'Suffocation' A more conventional verse / chorus feel takes over 'Suffocation', although the vocals are still all but incomprehensible. It's clearly a conscious decision, the band using them as an additional instrument, not the driver of the song. A bassline sine wave gives the song weight, the lead synth part mirroring the vocals. It feels like the soundtrack to a JG Ballard short story (a classic dystopian electronica reference point). There's a coda to the song after a dead stop that feels tacked on, and breaks the otherwise well designed progression of the record. Nat's opinion: “Sounds like a trippy version of Lykke Li :-)” 8) 'Violent Dreams' Typically this album features more layers within the songs than the debut– it's hard to envisage them being played live without a certain amount of backing tracks deployed. 'Violent Dreams' feels a bit disjointed in comparison to other tracks where the progression between parts flows a lot more easily. The vocals here sound male, p'haps meaning Ethan Kath is getting a chance to use his voice. This one builds and builds and builds, but to almost nothing, and then stops. An anticlimax, or another defiant snub of song conventions? You decide. Nat's opinion: “It goes on a bit, doesn't it? :-(” 9) 'Vietnam' This one uses that effect from 'Crimewave' where they repeat a phrase but pitch bend it up and down – the song feels like it's preparing for attack, but instead just twists into a sparkling chorus. Messing with perceptions again. The noise influence doesn't stand out as much here. It seems to drag on past where it should stop – dance music relies on a balance of progression and repetition, and this one is toppling over. Nat's opinion: “Intro: pneumatic drill much? + what's with the crazy baby voice? :-(” 10) 'Birds' Violent squirts of keys lead us in, sounding like paintballs hitting a wall. Someone could plot a direct line between 'Song 2' and this if they tried. It all feels a bit 'punk' and angry. Distorted, hidden vocals sing out of a basement somewhere. Some / many of the songs here are uncomfortable to listen to, making you feel on edge, uneasy – this is one of them. Nat's opinion: “Definitely Westwood :-I” 11) 'Pap Smear' Synth lines unfurl, and this feels like it'd be better heard live, embedded in a crowd with perspiration dripping from the ceiling, where the air has gotten dense enough to taste on your tongue. The vocals aren't as buried, but Alice is still rendered as good as mute, verbally. Whatever sentiments are expressed here, they're kept secret through computer effects. 'Pap Smear' is one of the few here that feels like a return to the sounds of their debut. For an album that puts little stead in melody, there are strong lines here.