Crystal Castles Confirm Release Date for New Album (III)

Crystal Castles will be releasing their new album, (III), on November 5 and 6. This will be their first full-length venture to be produced entirely by Ethan Kath.

On the production, Kath says:

“We wanted the new album to sound like a completely different and new experience. We’d limit ourselves to one take on each song because we believe the first take is the rawest expression of an idea.”

Crystal Castles are ditching the signature synthesizers and keyboards of their previous work on I and II, in favor of a more raw sound. In the studio, Ethan enforced a “strictly no computers” rule and he recorded everything on tape.

Talking about (III), Alice says:

“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. 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.”

The album was mostly recorded in Warsaw and Berlin. For promoting their new album, Ethan and Alice have teasing fans by randomly dropping exclusive tracks in their live-sets.

NEW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ADDED.
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)