While other women might try to mince their words for the sake of good PR, Glass would just straight up say, "we need an army because the mainstream hates women." In interviews, she would fret over abortion clinics getting shut down, or blast Katy Perry for her oversexualized image. It was taken at an anti-government protest in Yemen.Īlice Glass was one of the first feminist musicians I looked up to for her no-bullshit attitude towards misogyny. The album for their third (and last) album, III, is a striking picture of a woman in a burka, craddling her wounded son in a way that distinctly recalls the Virgin Mary and Jesus in Michelangelo's Pietà sculpture.
Instead, her bleak lyrics railed against social injustices with the vigor of a punk poet, and neither of them were ever afraid to be political. They even called themselves "an axe in the face of emo." In fact, Glass probably would've kicked you if you called her a #sadgirl. Despite Kath's shaggy black hair and Glass' eyeliner-smudged raccoon eyes, they weren't play-acting at being goths for the sake of cool pictures. If you listen carefully, you can hear her say "Hi!" as the song starts up.Ĭrystal Castles also taught me that music at the dark, gritty end of the spectrum can rise above pure nihilism and meaningless melancholy. As the story goes, Glass and Kath were recording songs in in a local Toronto studio in 2004, and one of the studio's techies secretly recorded Glass' mic test. In fact, their first single, "Alice Practice," was actually kind of a mistake. But the announcement signaled a definitive end to their decade-long collaboration-and to me, the end of an era.Ĭrystal Castles taught me that the best music doesn't have to sound shiny and polished. Instead, they've both been performing DJ sets separately-Glass recently appeared alongside Jupiter Keyes of Health, Mike Simonetti and Prince Terrence at a party in New York City, while Kath DJed at Atlantic's Imagine Festival in August. I was bummed, but not exactly surprised the duo hadn't played a show together in almost a year, and there hadn't been an announcement about their next release since their last album in 2012. Who knows what really transpired between Glass and Kath, the producer who she met when she was just fifteen years old.
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Glass' third tweet was the most enigmatic:įor a multitude of reasons both professional and personal I no longer feel that this is possible within CC.Īlthough this is the end of the band, I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist in the same way they have embraced Crystal Castles. My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. The second one was a statement that few could argue with: Her first tweet cut straight to the chase: Kath recruited a new singer, Edith Frances, for Crystal Castles’ fourth album, 2016’s Amnesty (I).This week, after ten years of making some of our generation's most hauntingly beautiful music at brain-splitting volumes, Glass announced on (where else?) Twitter that the duo is dunzo.
Kath denied the allegations and sued for defamation. In a 2017 online posting, she accused Kath of years of physical and emotional abuse. Glass left the band in 2014 and began releasing solo material the following year.77 on the Billboard 200-the highest US placement of the group’s career. Based around the theme of oppression, the album reached No. Crystal Castles decamped to Berlin and Warsaw to record their third album, 2012’s (III).The group’s 2010 sophomore album, (II), features Cure frontman Robert Smith on a cover of the Canadian New Wave band Platinum Blonde’s early-’80s single “Not In Love.” In the US, the gothy earworm went Top 20 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Song Sales chart and reached No.
6 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and made the Top 50 on the UK pop chart. Comprising unreleased early songs, previously released singles, and new material, the album reached No.
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