There is one woman in the music business today who can crawl around a festival stage, drink Jack Daniels whisky through a live set, smoke like a chimney and still have a cosmically magical set of vocals. This one woman is Alice Glass. And this one woman, and producer Ethan Kath; are the heart and soul of electronic music today. They are Crystal Castles.If you haven't heard of Crystal Castles then take a long, hard look at yourself in the mirror. You've been missing out since 2006. But don't fret there's plenty of time for them to become your new favourite band. If you haven't ever felt the need to listen to Crystal Castles before now then now is your chance; with a brand-new spooky maddening song called 'Wrath Of God'.
The best thing about Crystal Castles is that they're hard to understand. Much like teenagers today, they're kooky, weird, un-readable and un-predictable. But when you understand Alice Glass's muffles of pain and agony; you discover something more beautiful then you could have never ever imagined! Much like "Vietnam" from the 2010 self-entitled album; Glass' haunting vocals are difficult to interpret and find you catching for smoke with your bare hands. But they're mysterious. They're brilliant and she's like a drug to you: she leaves you craving more.
The synthesised beats and keyboard create a sense of relaxation in Wrath Of God. You generally feel like you are flying. You're soaring over the seas with your eyes closed. Glass creates the illusion that dancing with your eyes closed is cool, making you feel like you should be at a rave with a bunch of music-hungry alcohol fuelled teenagers in the grass, rather than doing whatever you're doing right now. The pound of the beat pushes you over the edge; you're exited. You're ready to dance. Kath brings you higher and higher until he crashes; making you soar higher than you could of imagine.
Wrath Of God isn't just a song. It's not a poem and it's not a feeling. It's artwork in spoken form. It's a piece of art.
It sounds as if Kath has opened up a new never-ending door in the world of Crystal Castles. A new wave of beats and a way of thinking. Bearing all that in mind. Wrath Of God is a tiny step down from the first single released from the new album, (III) Plague. When CC fans first heard Plague it sent them into a pandemonium of excitement and passion. It seems that that spark: that passion that was shown in Plague has been slightly diverted on Wrath Of God. It has been edged more towards a more free and relaxed vibe which grows and grows; rather than a hard hitting up-tempo throughout the whole song.
Wrath Of God is a step in the raving right direction for Crystal Castles. Glass' cosmic vocals echo gallantly while Kath's sound synthesizer takes you as high as you could go; then crashes you back down to earth. The wailing, strangelling cries of 'They'll strip you of your heritage' is woven beautifully in and out of the music.
Crystal Castles new album Crystal Castles (III) is out on November 5th 2012 to buy in shops and on iTunes.
Wrath Of God is available to download for free on the Crystal Castles soundcloud page;
http://soundcloud.com/crystal-castles/crystal-castles-wrath-of-god?page=4
Wrath Of God on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ugOBCZAVk
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