Single review: Crystal Castles ft Robert Smith – Not In Love
I’ve never been a huge fan of dance music but there’s something about Crystal Castles that really gets to me. I don’t know if it’s the punk DIY ethic they bring to their music, the menace that Alice portrays, the sparse beats or the distant icy production but whatever it is I could listen to their cold electronic dance music ‘til the cows come home. Add the godfather of doom, The Cure’s Robert Smith (in fine voice I’m happy to report) to the mix and this couldn’t possibly fail. In fact the splendid ‘Not In Love’ shows the pairing of Crystal Castles and Robert Smith to be such an obvious match that it leaves you wondering why on earth no one thought of it before. The B-sides are apparently acoustic demos of ‘Celestica’ and ‘Suffocation’ but sadly these aren’t included on the promo so I couldn’t comment, but I should imagine acoustic versions of anything the ‘Castles have done would be at the very least interesting! 9/10
Mark Cousens
Out 6th December on Fiction
Linkage
www.myspace.com/crystalcastles
www.myspace.com/thecure
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