Crystal Castles are AWESOME... if you guys dig them, check out Toyz Noyz. :)

I need my fix! Who can point me in the right direcition?

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Have many you heard of them? They sound kind of like Gameboy music, they have a female vocalist which has her voice distorted in a lot of the songs. Highly recommended if you're on Acid. I really enjoying their self titled album, which was released in 2008.

I prefer their EPs to the album, which i felt was inconsistant. The Alice Practice and Crimewave EPs are sweet as.

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very trippy sometimes they use too much of the video game sounds

Is your name supposed to be Laviathin or Leviathan? Its bugging me.

I haven't heard the EPs but I agree that the album is inconsistent. I like pretty much all the songs on it individually but they don't flow very well together. I think they would've had better results if they just split the songs up and made two short albums out of it, or a full-length and a EP.

Alright, alright. I'll merge them, but only because you gave me the snuggle smiley in the photo thread. :D

woot i love crystal castles...cant beat crimewave and vanished

cheers
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It is, but that's what attracts me to it. Each song has some unpredictable sound to it. But everyone likes songs set out in different ways.

I look forward to hearing more of their material. :)

Crystal Castles is pretty good through them I was able to discover a band I love even more--Health. Crimewave is a collaboration between the two bands.

Hey, you go to Airbound? there's about 200 people from Dublin heading in a group. a lot of the people going are djing there and stuff. a good few of them played last year too.
It's an organisation called bodytonic here in dublin, it should be a good trip!

Or you can not do acid and get high on life! This music is awesome without the drugs, cuz drugs are bad mmmmm k?

Broken record much?

My friend got me into this group recently. They dress like the Ramones.

I was totally joking though. I just don't advocate telling the world about your problems. I keep my addictions a secret. lol.

They really have ripped off videogame music, and not that I'm a gamer, but I find DJ Lankizzle, a hip hop DJ, more aptly utilizes 8-bit.

Still, that Health remix of Crimewave is damn good, but, that's just because Health mf roolzzz.

Also, I'm new here.

Hi! Jess, 21, female, Toronto.

I'm addicted to acid.

I'm an alcoholic that like to pop prescription xanax........oh, but don't tell anyone.

:pssst:

:)

What does "getting rapped" mean?

^I was thinking the same thing.

I think she often sounds like she's getting rapped.

It's a Yugoslavian term. Literally translated, it means peeled-fruit bearhug.

hipster trash but fun from time to time any how

I'm digging this a little. Not really a fan of the vocals, but aside from that this band is pretty good.

crystal castles are pretty much the first band of this style i've heard, but thats purely because i'm just starting to get into this type of music. a year ago i mostly listened to hip-hop, a year before that, punk.

now i'm hearing stuff like crystal castles, boys noize, health and toyz noyz and loving it all.

Crystal Castles killed the 8bit scene.

but luckily, most people who like crystal castles don't bother listening to chiptune artists
(and ethan should kick alice out :x)

oh gawd i'm in love with alice glass

http://home.jsbcmall.com/attachment/...7615727hYF.jpg

who am i kidding, i can't resist hipster

I've had this song on repeat for the past 3 days:

Haha, one of the youtube comments for this is, "Wow, this song is like crushing up a Super Nintendo cartridge and snorting it!" That's great. ><


Who's song is it being remixed there? It sounds familiar, but I don't think it's originally theirs right?


Anyway, seems like they might not be too popular on MB, but I think they're pretty great.

Got their CD last year, but I've already listened to it so many times that I feel like it came out ages ago, and I keep wondering and hoping that they'll put out something new already. Like I seriously didn't realize it's only a year old until I just went and checked on amazon...just seems like an old classic in my head. :|

new album leaked.

and so happy it has! Doe Deer is crazy good.

I might have missed a large discussion somewhere else, but I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned Crystal Castles (II) in this thread after the official release! I'm really enjoying it, I mean Doe Deer is **** crazy, Celestica is quite the classic as are empathy and Baptism. I think that Not in Love is the best track on the album, though, as it just builds up towards the end and just unleashes shed loads of Crystal Castles.

It's a lot more relaxed than the first album, less of an obvious hit but it creeps up on you more.

i commented on it.

How is the new album in comparison to their self titled?

I like them except I'm not a huge fan of Alice Glass' vocals and lyrics..

Although. They're self-titled debut in '08 was superior; I think.

Well, "Crystal Castles (II)" is still self titled :P

Like I said before it's definitely less striking than the first album, and less of the tunes stand out in the same way. But their musical style has evolved slightly, and the majority of their tunes are more relaxing this time round, and I think a reasonable amount of them are more epic, even if they're not anthem like (I'm thinking "Not in Love" from (II) vs Untrust Us from (I).)

So yeah, I suppose don't expect to be blown away by (II) as you were by (I) but if you give it a reasonable chance you will (hopefully :P) find that it's as least as good as (I). At least, I did.

Were amazing at Reading Festival, am so jealous of my friends who went to see them!

BBC - Reading + Leeds Festival - Crystal Castles

I really prefer their first album. =/ A lot.

Really? I find now if I say to myself "I want to listen to a Crystal Castles album" I almost always go for the second. Sure it doesn't have quite as much mental but it is more listen-able and is an excellent electronic album. It doesn't ever really go into mainstream house or whatever other electronic music you might also consider mainstream so it's definitely still unique in it's style. I love it. I mean an album that can incorporate say these 4 different styles of song is amazing: