{"product_id":"crystal-castles-crystal-castles-2lp","title":"Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [2LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrystal Castles arrived in 2008 sounding like a haunted arcade cabinet with a punk singer trapped inside, and this self-titled debut on two LPs still feels gloriously unhinged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Toronto duo of Ethan Kath and Alice Glass had already built a cult following through chaotic live shows and a handful of limited singles before this album gathered that early material alongside fresh tracks. Kath's production famously leaned on a modified Atari sound chip, bending eight-bit bleeps and crunchy, overdriven synths into something abrasive yet oddly beautiful, while Glass treated her voice as one more distorted instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Practice is the stuff of indie legend, a track that began life as a soundcheck recording, her shredded shriek tearing through a jittering, overloaded beat. Crimewave reworks a song by noise-rock allies HEALTH into a woozy, melancholy dance track, Untrust Us opens the record in a haze of shimmering, looped synths, and Air War bounces on a frantic, bright melody built for sweaty basements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross sixteen tracks the record swings between punishing noise and sudden tenderness, which is exactly why it still sounds so thrilling. It helped set the template for a whole wave of blog-era electronic acts, and on double vinyl it plays like a glitch-soaked fever dream worth having again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67758050967842,"sku":"060270096219","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Crystal_Castles-Crystal_Castles_2LP.jpg?v=1794296101","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/crystal-castles-crystal-castles-2lp","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}