release date: Mar. 18, 2008
format: digital
[album rate: 2 / 5] [2,20]
producer: Ethan Kath, Matthew Wagner, Squeak E. Clean
label: Lies Records - nationality: Canada
Track highlights: 1. "Untrust Us" (3 / 5) - 9. "1991" (2,5 / 5) - 10. "Vanished" (3 / 5)
Studio debut album by Crystal Castles, a Canadian duo consisting of musical composer and instrumentalist Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass. The music is experimental electroclash with incorporation of samples. The album is actually a collection of unreleased material and singles compiled as the band's first album. I mostly find it annoying and of little interest. Apparently, the band wanted to re-use the cover art from their first ep Alice Practice (2006), which featured artwork by Trevor Brown but wasn't granted permission.
[ allmusic.com, NME 4 / 5 stars ]
