That was the day when dance music first got emotionally flipped on its head by the oddest of couples from the most fitting of cities. Ethan Kath and Alice Glass did different things with music. Alice beat the shit out of every song she sang on, while Ethan crafted smooth but abrasive simple electronic dance.
Ethan first spotted Alice on stage at a bar in Montreal performing for the punk band she then sang for. The rest is violent, fantastic history.
Their first record entitled 'Crystal Castles' was released on the march date above and was a collection of songs pieced together from 4 years of experimenting and playing arguably the most entertaining live shows in music. The record was completely new ground for electronic dance music because of the mood that it carried front to back. As much fun as the disc can be it doesn't sound fun. It sounds dark and full of despair in a way that Elliot Smith would be happy to dance to. Even though it carries this mood there is no denying the brilliance of it. Listening to this record is like watching the world end while agreeably bobbing your head to the hypnotic sound of it.
Through headphones it takes you to another place, but no matter how high you are or how vibrant your imagination is the place that it takes you to is nowhere near as audibly inundating as their live show.
So here we are April 15th 2010 and we finally get another fix from this face-fucking canadian duo. "Doe Deer" is a single that was set for release on record day but as now been leaked to the world via the .com. The new record comes out on June 8th and features songs called "Fainting Spells", "Baptism" and "Pap Smear". Hooh. It is also self titled and looks like that ^.
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