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Originally posted by hudson:
I'm really glad that they decided to add "Crimewave" to their full length. It's such a totally friggin' rad track, probably best track on the album.

Agreed.

Mike loves Hudson! Mike loves Hudson! Ha ha ha!

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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:
Mike loves Hudson! Mike loves Hudson! Ha ha ha!

Most people do, Mike's just not afraid to show it.

I'm so happy that they didn't cancel their date near me. I'm psyched to see them and HEALTH.

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Originally posted by hudson:
I'm really glad that they decided to add "Crimewave" to their full length. It's such a totally friggin' rad track, probably best track on the album.

Great track but I'll have to disagree there, dear sir/madam; "Black Panther" and "Love and Caring" put it out of business.

In my honest opinion, of course.

There are only 3 things that stop this album from being perfect to me.

1) Some of the best tracks on the album are too short for my liking.

2) "Magic Spells" drags on for too long, and is possiably my least favourite track on the album.

3) The closing track doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the album.

I'm still loving it to bits, but I could have been a 5 star album for me if it wernt for those 3 things.

I must say that Crystal Castles works best in an EP format. I'm really enjoying this album but every time I listen to it I feel like there's a lot that could be scrapped.

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Originally posted by JGlass:
I must say that Crystal Castles works best in an EP format. I'm really enjoying this album but every time I listen to it I feel like there's a lot that could be scrapped.

Yep.

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2) "Magic Spells" drags on for too long, and is possiably my least favourite track on the album.

This guy needs help...

This is quickly becoming my favorite record of the year! "Untrust Us" and "Crimewave" make me a happy man.

I SEE THEM WITH HEALTH TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, thought I'd brag for a moment.

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I must say that Crystal Castles works best in an EP format. I'm really enjoying this album but every time I listen to it I feel like there's a lot that could be scrapped.

thrue

The album is currently playing here, for those interested.

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Originally posted by BAfé:
3) The closing track doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the album.

I do not entirely disagree with you, but it may be the sequence Black Panther - Tell me what to swallow that creates the feeling that this track is unconnected to the rest of the album. Maybe if they had added a different next-to-last track it would have worked. Standing alone, the closing track is quite nice IMO.

I love this album.

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Originally posted by Dark Lord of the Sith:
I'm really glad that they decided to add "Crimewave" to their full length. It's such a totally friggin' rad track, probably best track on the album.

That's the only track I thought was decent. File this under "I don't get it". It sounds like something they use at Guantanamo Bay. The constant blipping and beeping is annoying enough, but when you add in the shrieking vocals it's just unbearable. I don't see fun or dancing, just brutal overstimulation - I just want to rock back and forth in my happy place.

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Originally posted by typewriter:

That's the only track I thought was decent. File this under "I don't get it". It sounds like something they use at Guantanamo Bay. The constant blipping and beeping is annoying enough, but when you add in the shrieking vocals it's just unbearable. I don't see fun or dancing, just brutal overstimulation - I just want to rock back and forth in my happy place.

It's like shoegaze + atari 2600 = awesome! So, like if My Bloody Valentine did the soundtrack for Qbert or Pac Man. See?

If you want the chiptune equivalent of MBV then you better check out Tree Wave. Sadly, since moving to Dallas, I still haven't seen them (although I did do an interview that turned out so lame and miserable that I didn't bother to post it).

But yeah, Tree Wave is like a cross of m83's ambient stuff, MBV's shoegaze, and all done on DotMatrix printers, ataris 2600s, commodore 64s, etc.

On a side note: while I was initially kinda sad because I felt that the Crystal Castles album was too scattered, I've really come to enjoy the album a lot more. While I prefer them in EP format, they've brought a lot of really good stuff and shown many sides to their music on their full-length.

I've got a friend who has been working on synthesizing the commodore 64 tunes. Funny thing is, he's just a total nerd. Has no idea this is the "in" thing to be doing these days. There really is a full circle where one end meets the other, one end uber cool, the other uber dork. What a great time we live in!

I think the other reason I'm drawn to this, is that a lot of black metal seems to be going this way as well. First, they picked up on shoegaze, now bleep-blip noise. Oh, the other band I completely forgot about in all this is Parts & Labor, which is more of an indie rock outfit that uses bleep-blips to great effect. Their 2007 album "Mapmaker" was one of my favorites last year. Sadly, nobody else seemed to recognize it.

If you're looking for shoegazey metal with some electronics then I'd recommend The Monolith Deathcult. Their album Trivmvirate is excellent (imo... apparently some "don't take it seriously" which is understandable.. it's a bit theatric in a black metal sense; I don't feel it's too over-the-top though).

I'm full of recommendations today!

There are a lot of good chiptune artists out there though, and all of them pull from different areas (breaks, house, techno, various cores, etc.