But the more time you spend with ‘Amnesty (1)’, the more it seems Frances could drag Kath in another, more measured, direction. He’s helped in both instances by Frances’s accessible delivery. The totemic ‘Enth’, ‘Sadist’ and ‘Concrete’ are as ear-scraping but see Kath pull off an old trick: offsetting noise with melody to make something danceable.
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The creaking, jolting ‘Teach Her How To Hunt’ – which seems an unfortunate title given Kath’s dominant reputation – is stiflingly claustrophobic. ‘Fleece’ detonates a blistering noise that could render even hardened Castles supporters instantly incontinent. Opener ‘Femen’ is plagued by hissing, clapping electronics. Listening to ‘Amnesty (I)’ is like going into battle: a hostile environment where fear and dread rule. But the fight continued when Glass called Kath “manipulative” and declared him “not appropriate to perform at a feminism-centric event” they were booked for at the SXSW festival, resulting in the duo being dropped from the line-up.Amid the crossfire, the new vocalist was unveiled as Edith Frances and Crystal Castles 2.0 began to tour and tease tracks from this fractious new record. He later backtracked, telling Pitchfork he’d “always love” Glass. Eight months later, Kath responded with ‘Frail’ – the first taste of fourth album ‘Amnesty (I)’ – featuring a mysterious new singer and accompanied by a message saying Glass “didn’t appear on Crystal Castles’ best known songs”. She said “sincerity, honesty and empathy” were “no longer possible” between them.īut Crystal Castles were still breathing.
Posting on Facebook, Alice Glass announced she was leaving Crystal Castles, dissolving the headachey electronic duo she joined as a 16-year-old punk in 2006 when recruited on vocals by Toronto programmer Ethan Kath.
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