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Crystal Castles 25th November O2 Academy Brixton, London
Indie | Sunday 25th November 2012 | plana
Crystal Castles have officially confirmed the release date and title of their forthcoming album, which will receive a global release on November 12th and is the first of their full-lengths to be produced entirely by Ethan Kath.
"We wanted the new album to sound like a completely different and new experience," says Ethan Kath in an official statement “We'd limit ourselves to one take on each song because we believe the first take is the rawest expression of an idea."
By ditching their old synthesizers and keyboards used on I and II, Ethan enforced a “strictly no computers” rule in the studio and began recording everything directly to tape. Together the Canadian duo has conjured up a collection of songs that are as raw as they are well rounded. As (III) unfolds, each track will take you to greater heights and equal lows, as you enter the sometimes plagued, and often polarized world that is Crystal Castles.
"Oppression is a theme, in general… 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," explains Alice "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.”
Recorded mostly in Warsaw and Berlin, the highly anticipated (III) also boasts the haunting and euphoric 5-minute mind-bender ‘PLAGUE’, that quickly caused a cyber-storm amongst fans and media when the band unveiled it via their soundcloud page this summer.
Tracklist:
01. Plague
02. Kerosene
03. Wrath of God
04. Affection
05. Pale Flesh
06. Sad Eyes
07. Insulin
08. Transgender
09. Violent Youth
10. Telepath
11. Mercenary
12. Child I Will Hurt You
Since then, Ethan and Alice have been surprising fans across Europe by randomly dropping exclusive tracks from (III) into their live-set, revealing yet another layer of (III ) to the world.
Crystal Castles will be playing a select number of UK tour dates in November:
22/11 - Institute – Birmingham (Tickets)
23/11 - Norwich U.E.A. – Norwich (Tickets)
24/11 - O2 Academy Brixton – London (Tickets)
26/11 - O2 ABC - Glasgow
27/11 - O2 Academy – Leeds (Tickets)
28/11 - Manchester Academy – Manchester (Tickets)
CRYSTAL CASTLES 25th November O2 Academy Brixton London
Supported by Bo Ningen
