Other gems include the stadium-esque reverberated Empathy which builds it’s way up gently then switches into a swampy echo heavy ooze of a sound. Personal favourite track Intimate is an extremely danceable piece of music that bounces itself along on a very minimal repetitive beat backed with dark heavily breathe-y vocals from Alice Glass. The synths tend to swoon a lot more on tracks like Celestica with their prominent almost crystal like melodic sequences. I think this album has a really interesting progression from the debut album and other than tracks like the absolutely brutal Doe Deer it’s a much more watered down record than the heavily focused 8 bit sound they began with. As much as this bizarre record can be hard to process at times for people new to Crystal Castles it stands as one of my favourite records for the sheer unique quality’s the band has to offer here.
This however remains one of the reasons that Crystal Castles are so innovative, you can’t really expect them to put out a completely gentle record that’s going to lull you to sleep when they’ve got so much life in them. The second album from these Canadian noise makers is completely all over the place at times with Ethan Kath proving that he will do what it takes to completely warp your mind from the comfort of his synth lab. The first of 2 Crystal Castles albums in this list, at number 24 is the obscurely danceable II. Obvious favourite Youth is an extremely cliche track to praise after having such popularity surrounding it but undeniably it is another real masterpiece of a song penned by Tonra.įAVOURITE TRACKS / INTIMATE, EMPATHY, VIETNAM
For me the standout track is the flawless Smother, like most songs on the album it’s incredibly simplistic and bare-boned but get’s inside your head enough to engage and make an impact. It’s more of a soundtrack for feeling lost and lonely in the corner of a club and just wanting to go home.
HUNTING FOR WITCHES CRYSTAL CASTLES LYRICS FULL
It’s an extremely melancholic full length that won’t do any wonders for you if you’re looking for a Darwin Deez kind of album that’ll get you dancing on your feet. This gives off the overwhelming sense that the band are struggling to pull themselves out of the habits of giving up on anything and everything. Tomorrow starts out as an incredibly optimistic song by Daughter’s standards before falling back into hopelessness again. However this record is a full collection of previously unheard really stunning songs that conjure up some incredibly emotive imagery. A lot of bands fail at this point and tend not to put out a full album of decent new material because they’ve burnt it all up at the EP stage. I was extremely optimistic for this record in the run up to it’s release after hearing incredible music from Daughter on both of their brilliant EP’s. The actual song structures are a complete consolation to this though and always feature beautifully crafted guitar melodies that reverberate very clean and crisp. Daughter’s songs are typically very miserable and quite casually revolve themselves around very morbid subjects and very dark content lyrically. This becomes something you can really relate to and can compare to events occurring in your own life like the suffering from love loss, violence, addiction etc. I think one of the reasons her songwriting is so successful is because it acts in the same way Alex Turner’s lyricism does as it is heavily based around misery’s and let down’s in everyday life. The real talent of Elena Tonra shines throughout this release showcasing the incredible wordsmith that she is and just how many times over she can write incredibly emotive songs that really get inside your head. This is the list of what I currently consider to be my Top 25 Favourite Albums if the blog title wasn’t self explanatory enough for you…įAVOURITE TRACKS / SMOTHER, TOMORROW, YOUTHįirst up is the incredibly fragile and intimate debut LP from musical trio Daughter.
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