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Crystal Castles' new album

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Beitel

Beitel

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Yup, they've released a new self-titled album. I really liked their first, which always surprised me with its consistency when I listened to it. This one's even better (or more fucked up, I you prefer), with not one truly bad or boring song to be found. I especially like Baptism and Violent Dreams (posted below). Hopefully I can catch a performance this year, they were one of the highlights of Lowlands two years back.

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88h88

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Wasn't their first album self-titled as well? :lol:

Fucking hipsters.

Deliberate, so new hipsters downloading their albums will inevitably have a different version to old hipsters and the old hipsters can laugh at them for saying "Crystal Castles' new Crimewave track is amazing!".

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I downloaded it back when it leaked, and my first thought was that the mix sounded a little anemic, missing the characteristic warmth that chiptune stuff usually has, and that the decent stuff on their first album had. I hoped it was just a crappy rip, or an early mix. But no, the album sounds exactly the same. I find it really annoying to listen to, as a result, even though there's some good tunes there.

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I dislike the new album. The only tracks I don't find annoying are Doe Deer, Intimate, Empathy, Not In Love and I Am Made of Chalk. It [imo] has lost the dreamlike melancholy and tension of some of their earlier tracks and her voice doesn't sound the same. It seems more upbeat.

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88h88

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I quite like the album though track 3 is straight up ear rape and is annoying as all fuck. I'm still of the opinion that Kap Bambino do this same sort of thing better but I expect I'm in a minority here.

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Jonzo

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Really? Strange, I'm finding it difficult to pick a favourite song they're all so good.

I like that it they've gone for a different world of sounds but kept the same utterly bleak feel to the music.

Wrath of God should be absolutely insane live.

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Liamness

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Their stuff has never been mixed particularly well, and on a scale from 'raw' to 'thrown together' this is edging too close to the latter. Their previous albums has a couple of great tracks among some serious dross, and this seems to basically just be the dross this time around. No good hooks, all a bit homogenous and dull. Think I'm going to pass.

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