![]() It didn’t have to cause a complete reversal of fortune or anything, just something to refocus the attention of fans, voyeurs and haters alike back onto the music, which is only logical as that is what they do most of the time. So the matter set before them (at least from my interpretation) was for them to manage a way to channel that “attitude” back into the music in order to make a compelling follow-up. So tempting was the mythology that it almost completely eclipsed what was a strong debut with great ideas if not the most airtight cohesion. They were and still are mentioned quite a bit on Hipster Runoff, the value of which I can’t really assess but I suppose is worth mentioning. ![]() Their most well-known piece of original music at that time was “Alice Practice,” which is exactly that, only they didn’t know it was being recorded. ![]() They were the band who has been accused of lifting other people’s music or visual art for their own purposes without permission, and footage of Alice Glass’s many onstage fracases are myriad on YouTube. Most people knew the band as the one that seemed to always find trouble whether it was in search of it or not. Of those bands that have been referred to, whether casually or specifically, as being a “dance punk” band, it is without a doubt that Crystal Castles outdid them all in both aspects, though it was the punk aspect of their act that got them the most attention two years ago, which didn’t always benefit their music.
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