Suffocation and Not in Love sparkle like pristine synth pop should, even if they sound like they’ve been put through a shredder, a nouveau nihilism.

Crystal Castles has the habit of bringing in outside influence to create a masterpiece. For their single release of Platinum Blonde's "Not in Love," they employed The Cure's Robert Smith to turn an adequate cover into a work of art. Magnificent vocals accompanied by Crystal Castles' signature electronic beats create a tone that reaches far beyond any one demographic of listener.


Crystal Castles - Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) Toronto, Canada
Crystal Castles - Not In Love (con exclusión de Roberto Herrero) Toronto, Canada

Alice Glass was born in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario. At the age of 14 she ran away to live in a squat community of punks and drug addicts. A week after she turned 15, she was approached by Ethan Cat, her fellow band member. He had just seen her play in her all-girl crust-punk band, Fetus Fatale. Cat was impressed by her performance, saying he thought he had found an "undiscovered poet" and the "missing ingredient" to his music.



Crystal Castles - Suffocation Toronto, Canada

...it might be like cast adrift in a vortex of deafening pain without a safety hat. But soon, you get the feeling you could do anything in the world, but that 'anything' would ultimately mean nothing. Crystal Castles marks a nuanced emotional save territory that dance music never covered before...