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Crystal Castles complete third album
Other | Thursday 20th September 2012 | Osh
Crystal Castles have completed their third album, and announced that it will be released in November.
The electronic duo last night posted on their Facebook page a simple giveaway which reads: “new album = november”.
The as yet unnamed album will be the follow-up to 2010’s II and seems as though it may have a very specific theme running through it. Talking to Pitchfork earlier in the year, singer Alice Glass said that the idea of oppression was one that occupied her whilst writing the new album.
“A lot of bad things have happened to people close to me since II and it's profoundly influenced my writing as I've realized there will never be justice for them. I didn't think I could lose faith in humanity any more than I already had, but after witnessing some things, it feels like the world is a dystopia where victims don't get justice and corruption prevails.” Uplifting stuff then.
The band have already begun using some of their new material in their current live shows, such as their performance of new track ‘Wrath of God’ at this year’s Reading Festival.
Along with the release, Crystal Castles will also be touring the new album in late November. Opening in Birmingham on 22nd November, the UK tour will go to Norwich, London’s Brixton Academy, Glasgow and Leeds before finishing in Manchester on 28th.
By David Pratt
