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They give the old noise pop formula enough of a kick to make this a very worthwhile addition to any noise pop fan's collection.
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Crystal Stilts make terrific use of their recycled material, appropriating favorite forebears' brooding moves (and their richly endowed signifiers), and contributing their own deft hooks and stealth energy.
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MojoAlight Of Night is devoid of current context, making for a weird timelessness. A treat. [Mar 2009, p.108]
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The crepuscular glow of this quartet should be embraced.
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Under The RadarAlright of Night is an auspicious opening volley from a NYC act that exhibits boundless potential. [Year End 2008]
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Quite simply, Alight Of Night is one of the most breathtaking records these ears have been partial to in a long while, and even if Crystal Stilts never make another record, their legacy is assured.
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These songs are dull because they are about dullness, as sad movies are sad because they are about sadness.
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This, of course, can be a drag, but when said influences are as carefully picked, pristinely melded, and precisely replicated as they are in the case of Crystal Stilts, it can be a real blast.
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The WireThis is one of the best garage pop sides sine The Chills' own "Brave Words." [Dec 2008, p.70]
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Easily the most exhilarating rock 'n' roll record to emerge in 2008.
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It makes for a workmanlike listen. For all the frills of doom and cadences of industry firing on all greasy pistons, the dynamics at hand are simple, rounded up summarily when the album presents its glaring contradictions as a matter of fact
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Alight Of Night is a garage-weaned, art rock, squat-dirty masterpiece.
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UrbDeceptively primitive-sounding, Alight Of Night is the definition of a "grower." [Nov/Dec 2008, p.84]
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The sound on Alight of Night is a swinging, noisy, glammy and overall dark evolution of garage rock.
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Ghostly pop transmissions from buzzy Brooklynites.