Crystal Castles - Love and Caring

Posted on | March 9, 2008 by Mark |

Toronto duo Crystal Castles, who, after a string of EPs and acclaimed remixes are ready to flood your eardrums with their own self-titled full-length debut.

An amalgamation of Klaxons’ nu-rave dance, the Velvet Underground’s more cacophonous moments and the 8-bit aesthetics of famed Nintendo composers Yoshihiro Sakaguchi and Koji Kondo. The band was shocked when they discovered how quickly their music (literally) moved people. “One of our first shows, the venue said ‘We’ve been hosting shows for years, but no one really dances at our shows,’ ” multi-instrumentalist Ethan Fawn says, “but people like dancing to Crystal Castles.”

Despite their sound, the band isn’t named after the old arcade game. Instead, the moniker was nabbed from an old She-Ra (of Masters of the Universe fame) toy commercial that boasted “Crystal Castle, the source of all power.”

“I had a female cousin who was really happy because she got the Crystal Castle for her birthday,” says Fawn, “I never forgot how happy she was. It was the happiest I’ve ever seen anyone in my life.”

After remixing the likes of Bloc Party, Liars and their friends Klaxons, CC were offered “more than thirty” commissions for remixes, which Fawn declined in order to work on the Castles’ debut album. “We turned down some huge acts, but I can’t name names,” Fawn says (at least, we think it was Fawn: Ethan admitted he used to have a friend pretend to be him during interviews over the last few years).

Anyway I love this this track, and Love and Caring, is a track to blister your lug ‘oles - hardhitting like Mario on acid, with screamy shouty lyrics, this is going to leave you reeling and reaching for the nearest pack of Nurofen - but you may just dance to it..

ps. Feeling the Toronto love here, with both CC and Deadmau5 - I dont even live there!

Crystal Castles - Love and Caring (Yousendit)

Bonus:

Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating

And pre-order the cd shaped disc from Amazon.co.uk

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