A crystal-clear invasion of the senses
ABANDON all hope ye who enter, a Crystal Castles performance is nothing to take lightly. Performing to a capacity crowd at Melbourne's Billboard, The Venue, the Canadian duo, comprised of producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass, arrived as a chaotic force determined to destroy the eardrums of every audience member.
Touring nationally with the Big Day Out in support of the latest LP release Crystal Castles III, the set featured an assortment of material. Current singles Plague and Wrath of God took centre stage, pulsating with caustic reverie and palpable dread reserved only for the darkest Joy Division songs. Crowd favourite and worldwide chart topper Not in Love closed out the set to rapturous dancing and applause.
The duo's style of electronica is akin to a fever that burrows deep into the listener's psyche. Each track is a disorienting labyrinth, simultaneously beautiful while also employing an asphyxiating blitzkrieg of drums and shrill electronic sounds. Chain-smoking between songs, Glass exudes a frenetic violent energy. Her broken timbre is mixed with manic dance moves, and the decision to continuously leap into the mosh pit makes her a kinetic force to witness live.
While the bombastic soundtrack occasionally drowned out the brittle vocals, the sonic onslaught effectively created a melting pot of adrenaline, anguish and paranoia.
Their music is a wrecking ball of hostile alienation fuelled by raw emotion and melancholic laments that are not easy to forget.
Touring nationally with the Big Day Out in support of the latest LP release Crystal Castles III, the set featured an assortment of material. Current singles Plague and Wrath of God took centre stage, pulsating with caustic reverie and palpable dread reserved only for the darkest Joy Division songs. Crowd favourite and worldwide chart topper Not in Love closed out the set to rapturous dancing and applause.
The duo's style of electronica is akin to a fever that burrows deep into the listener's psyche. Each track is a disorienting labyrinth, simultaneously beautiful while also employing an asphyxiating blitzkrieg of drums and shrill electronic sounds. Chain-smoking between songs, Glass exudes a frenetic violent energy. Her broken timbre is mixed with manic dance moves, and the decision to continuously leap into the mosh pit makes her a kinetic force to witness live.
While the bombastic soundtrack occasionally drowned out the brittle vocals, the sonic onslaught effectively created a melting pot of adrenaline, anguish and paranoia.
Their music is a wrecking ball of hostile alienation fuelled by raw emotion and melancholic laments that are not easy to forget.
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