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View Poll Results: Discuss Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles
Excellent 9 25.00%
Very Good 19 52.78%
Average 4 11.11%
Poor 4 11.11%
Awful 0 0%
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Old 12-21-2010, 05:37 AM   #31 (permalink)
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I did like them when they first started out but not sure about the latest album!
I do like the track with Robert Smith ;-)
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Old 12-21-2010, 09:15 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Pitchfork loves them but tell me what I'm missing. The album is gratuitously avant garde and 8 of the 14 songs are barely fit for listening. There are 3 or 4 songs that hold their own because of their persistent dance rhythms.

Their use of a keyboard modified with an Atari 5200 sound chip is just a gimmick and aside from that distinction, the music is a confusing pastiche of some fairly shop worn musical ideas. There more than a few bands out there doing this sort of thing a lot better than Crystal Castles.
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