Crystal Castles - Self Titled
Before Crystal Castles’ debut album came out they did a mini Australian tour playing a bunch of remixes they had done for bands like; Bloc Party, The Klaxons, Goodbooks, Liars, Van She and The little ones. I couldn’t make any of their shows for one reason or another, but a few of my friends went and they said it was an awesome show. A few months past and I hadn’t heard much from Crystal Castles’ so I assumed that either they were out of juice or were working on an album.
Then I was watching Skins (teen drama from the UK, it’s like a good version of the OC) and they played Alice Practice from their debut album adaptly named Crystal Castles. Unlike most promotional TV music gigs this actually fitted in well with the plot line and most of the song was played without any major interruption.
After one listen I was hooked and promptly ordered a copy of the album. The whole album is pretty fucking amazing, you can’t quite listen to it from start to finish but if you’re busy you definitely won’t notice the one or two shitty songs on the album.
I read an interview with Ethan Kath (at least I think it was him being interviewed, he had admitted to getting a friend to sit in for him sometimes) where he said that they had turned down a number of major remix requests from big bands to make this first album. That would have been a huge decision to make but I think everybody can safely say it was a brilliant one.
You can buy Crystal Castles Self Titled first album for $10.97
Rating: 83/100
