Toronto duo Crystal Castles are following up their self-titled debut with a self-titled sophomore album. Just like elder NYC synth duo Suicide. The first song to surface is the brief, blasted “Doe Deer,” which also shows up on a Record Store Day 12″. According to a press release, Alice Glass and Ethan Kath recorded the collection themselves in an Ontario cabin, an Icelandic church, a Detroit garage, etc. Despite its pastoral name, “Doe Deer” sounds like it was recorded in a fallout shelter. Or maybe in one of the graves behind that kid on the album cover.
(Via We All Want Someone)
The first official single’s “Celestica.” The tracklist:
01 “Fainting Spells”
02 “Celestica”
03 “Doe Deer”
04 “Baptism”
05 “Year of Silence”
06 “Empathy”
07 “Suffocation”
08 “Violent Dreams”
09 “Vietnam”
10 “Birds”
11 “Pap Smear”
12 “Not in Love”
13 “Intimate”
14 “I Am Made of Chalk”
Crystal Castles is out 6/7 in Europe and 6/8 in the States via Fiction. The “Doe Deer” 12″ will be out in an edition of 500 on 4/17 (Record Store Day). They’re hitting the road pretty hard:
04/14 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
04/17 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseum
04/20 – London, England @ Heaven
04/22 – Berlin, Germany @ Ritter Butzke
04/23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Trouw
04/24 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique Orangerie
04/26 – Paris, France @ Nouveau Casino
04/27 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Rosthoflager
04/28 – Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali
04/30 – Murcia, Spain @ La Fica Estrella LaVenta 404 Festival
05/01 – Porto, Portugal @ Queimodromo Parque da Cidade
06/04 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Rock Im Park Festival
06/06 – Nürburgring, Germany @ Rock Am Ring Festival
06/11 – Scotland @ Rockness Festival
06/27 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
07/08 – Belgium @ Les Ardentes HF6 Festival
07/11 – Novi Sad, Serbai @ Exit Festival
07/31 – Emmaboda, Sweden @ Emmaboda Festival
08/06 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *#
08/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ HARD Summer Music Festival
08/09 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater *#
08/11 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater *#
08/13 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater *#
08/14 – Toronto, Ontario @ Koolhaus *#
08/15 – Montreal, Quebec @ Metropolis *#
08/17 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues *#
08/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory *#
08/20 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *#
08/21 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
08/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar *#
08/27 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/28 – Reading UK @ Reading Fetival
09/04 – Stradbally, Ireland @ Electric Picnic
* w/ Rusko and Destructo
# w/ Sinden
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This makes happy. Crystal Castles + Rusko = a dope set.
This song sounds crazy different from their last album and so so great.
Damn this is the bees knees. Been waiting for some new material for a long time!
This is great! And I didn’t like the first s/t all that much! If this is one of the weaker tracks on the album, this album will be AWESOME!
I’ve got a new jam.
Fuckin awesome
eh, I liked the screamier stuff on their last album a lot but the vocals here just piss me off for some reason. they lack substance, no impact, just annoying. idk i just heard it and got incredibly pissed off for some reason
Too much Johnny Whitney.
I think hearing this in better quality will make all the difference.
shit makes me want to flip out. rad!
someone has to say it… this song is terrible.
This is really bad. I feel sad saying it. I loved their first cd and still listen to it all the time. Sorry Crystal Castles but i hope this isn’t super representative of the rest of the new one.
Then you need to check out their song baptism, it’s a lot better then this!