NEWS: CRYSTAL CASTLES CONFIRM WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF (III)
DIGITALRelease: NOV 5 | PHYSICAL: NOV 6
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
“Crystal Castles are back, and
it's beautifully terrifying”
– SPIN Magazine
Crystal Castles have officially confirmed the release date and title of their forthcoming album. (III) will receive a global release on November 5 and 6 via Last Gang Records and is the first of their full-lengths to be produced entirely by Ethan Kath.
"We wanted the new album to sound like a
completely different and new experience," says Ethan Kath in an official statement. “We'd limit ourselves to one take on each
song because we believe the first take is the rawest expression of an
idea."
By ditching their
old synthesizers and keyboards used on I and II,
Ethan enforced a “strictly no computers” rule in the studio and began
recording everything directly to tape. Together the Canadian duo has conjured
up a collection of songs that are as raw as they are well rounded. As (III) unfolds, each track
will take you to greater heights and equal lows, as you enter the sometimes
plagued, and often polarized world that is Crystal Castles.
"Oppression is a theme, in general… A lot of
bad things have happened to people close to me since II and it's profoundly
influenced my writing as I've realized there will never be justice for
them," explains Alice. "I didn't think I could lose faith in
humanity any more than I already had, but after witnessing some things, it
feels like the world is a dystopia where victims don't get justice and
corruption prevails.”
Recorded mostly in
Warsaw and Berlin, the highly anticipated (III) also boasts the haunting and euphoric
5-minute mind-bender PLAGUE,
that quickly caused a cyber-storm amongst fans and media when the band
unveiled it via their soundcloud page this summer.
Since then, Ethan
and Alice have been surprising fans across Europe by randomly dropping
exclusive tracks from (III)
into their live-set, revealing yet another layer of (III) to the world. Crystal
Castles will be touring North America this fall.
The artwork for the
forthcoming album is an award winning photograph taken by Samuel Aranda and
and features Fatima al-Qaws cradling her son Zayed who is suffering from the
effects of tear gas after participating in a street demonstration in Sanaa,
Yemen.
(III) will be released
worldwide digitally on November 5th and physically on November 6th via Last Gang Records.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
09/27 - Fillmore
Charlotte - CHARLOTTE,
NC*
09/28 - Counterpoint Music Festival - ATLANTA, GA*
09/29 - 9:30 -
WASHINGTON, DC*
09/30 - 9:30 -
WASHINGTON, DC* - NEW DATE
10/02 - Electric Factory
- PHILADELPHIA,
PA*
10/03 - Roseland - NEW
YORK, NY*
10/06 - House of Blues -
BOSTON, MA*
10/07 - Metropolis -
MONTREAL,
PQ**
10/09 - Royal Oak Music
Theatre - ROYAL OAK, MI**
10/10 - Newport Music
Hall - COLUMBUS,
OH**
10/11 - Marathon Art Works - NASHVILLE, TN**
10/13 - Emo’s East –
AUSTIN, TX** - NEW DATE
10/14 - Austin City
Limits - AUSTIN, TX
10/16 - Liberty Theater
- KANSAS CITY,
MO**
10/17 - Ogden - DENVER,
CO**
10/18 - In The Venue -
SALT LAKE CITY, UT**
10/20 - Hollywood
Palladium - LOS ANGELES,
CA**
10/21 - Soma - SAN
DIEGO, CA**
10/22 - Fox Theater -
SAN FRANCISCO, CA**
10/24 - Roseland -
PORTLAND, OR**
10/25 - Showbox Sodo -
SEATTLE, WA**
10/26 - Commodore -
VANCOUVER,
BC**
10/28 - Mac Ewan Hall -
CALGARY, AB**
10/29 - Edmonton Events
Centre - EDMONTON,
AB**
10/31 - Garrick Center -
WINNIPEG, MB** - VENUE CHANGE
11/01 - First Ave -
MINNEAPOLIS, MN**
11/02 - Congress Theater
- CHICAGO, IL**
11/03 - Kool Haus -
TORONTO, ON** - DATE CHANGE
* w/ HEALTH ** w/ HEALTH
& Kontravoid (Pretty Pretty Records)
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