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- Summary: The second self-titled album for the Canadian duo was recorded in a variety of places, including a garage in Detroit, a church in Iceland, a cabin in Canada, and a real music studio in London.
- Record Label: Fiction
- Genre(s): Dance, Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 24
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Mixed: 6 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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Having put aside the gimmicky Atari-melting antics of yore, the Castles have created a dense-yet-airy thicket of pure pop transcendence.
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As rewarding as this new album is, it's even more impressive when you consider its context: Crystal Castles may have come on at the tail-end of the blog-house/nu-rave/French-touch mini-rage, but they've now transcended it, moving from scene linchpin to indie stars.
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So until the radio stations get it right..make of the wicked what you will. Ferocity will never feel so fuzzy, nor fear so inviting. [Spring/Summer 2010, p.104]
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Two years later, our Canadian antiheroes return with something deeper than digital histrionics and crazily infectious beats.
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It’s a late resolution; like their debut, Crystal Castles feels long; not too long for comfort but too long for coherence.
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Q MagazineThe follow-up repeats the trick, scattering dreamy pop between industrial soundscapes. [July 2010, p. 129]
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It’s a middling album that managed to get the best of collective consciousness.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 20
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Mixed: 0 out of 20
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Negative: 2 out of 20
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Sep 27, 2016
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Jan 7, 2011
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Dec 28, 2011smoke weed everyday
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Jul 26, 2011
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Oct 3, 2012
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Sep 23, 2010
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KevinK.Jun 12, 2010This album absolutely sucks compared to the first one. So horribly disappointed.
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