release date: May 24, 2010
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,40]
producer: Ethan Kath, Jacknife Lee, Paul Epworth, Alex Bonenfant
label: Fiction Records - nationality: Canada
Track highlights: 1. "Fainting Spells" - 2. "Celestica" (4 / 5) - 4. "Baptism" - 5. "Year Of Silence" - 11. "Pap Smear" - 12. "Not in Love" (4 / 5)
2nd studio album by Crystal Castles. The album marks a shift of style and is the duo's best effort as well as its most homogeneous and mainstream sounding album. It's still electroclash but I find that the experimental side is less dominant and the individual songs are generally more melodic. A few tracks scattered throughout the album are like electro-punk flashes in between beautiful compositions, and makes the whole experience more exciting. The track "Not in Love" is a cover of a song by the Canadian band Platinum Blonde, which was originally released on the debut album Standing in the Dark (1983). The track was later that year remixed featuring Robert Smith of The Cure featuring on vocals, which was Crystal Castles' biggest single hit.
[ allmusic.com, Spin, PopMatters 4 / 5 stars ]
