Campbell is who I end up watching: it doesn’t help that the drums are the main thing I can hear because the mixing for the concert is atrocious. Herguth isn’t an untalented singer per se, but the songs are too monotone for me to gather whether or not he’s particularly good. There’s a lot of guitar in the recordings, but not a single guitar on stage. This set of band members surprises me because, when listening to them on Spotify and SoundCloud, they don’t sound like a particularly “electronic” band. The band consists of John Herguth as the frontman (singer and keyboardist) and Kevin Campbell on drums. The opener for the night is Farrows, who open with a strange remix of DJ Mustard’s “Mustard on the Beat” tag and the opening line of Rihanna’s “Needed Me” before transitioning to the synth lines of their first song. All of this is necessary background knowledge for understanding my mindset going into this concert, and also for understanding who Crystal Castles are in 2017. In fact, to many people, she was the band. Given this years-long drama, I was curious to see how the band would hold up in performance without Glass, who used to be an integral part of Crystal Castles’ stage presence as well as their overall image as a band. Some fans posit that titling Amnesty (I) with the roman numeral “I” instead of “IV” distances Glass from the band, and that the album art depicting several almost identical young girls suggests that Glass’s contributions to the band were expendable-easily replaceable compared to Kath’s own talents. In addition to this, the album art and title of Amnesty (I) have been viewed as aggressive and somewhat misogynistic toward Glass. He stated, “people often gave credit for my lyrics, and that was fine, I didn’t care,” Glass responded on Twitter with “for the record, wrote almost all of the lyrics in my former band and the vast majority of the vocal melodies,” stressing that she is a “founding member of Crystal Castles shaped the sound and aesthetic from the very beginning.” Later, Kath came under fire for his insincere “well-wishes” to Glass’ future solo endeavors and for downplaying her role in the band. In 2016, remaining member Ethan Kath picked up singer Edith Frances and released the band’s first album since 2012’s (III), titling it Amnesty (I). Instead, the band’s manager immediately released a statement that Crystal Castles would continue.
#CRYSTAL CASTLES LYRICS BETTER PROFESSIONAL#
When singer Alice Glass left Toronto duo Crystal Castles in 2014 due to “reasons both professional and personal”, many-including Glass herself-assumed that the band was over. Crystal Castles September 28th, 2017 The Royale By: Caroline SmithĪlthough Crystal Castles’ legacy is still tarnished by Alice Glass’s untimely departure from the band in 2014, their 2017 tour allows previously unknown vocalist Edith Frances a chance to shine.
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