Launching a brutal sonic assault on the ear drums, Toronto duo Crystal Castles
mix the euphoria of rave with the ferocious snarl of punk to create storms of
thundering electro noise. Allegedly, founding member Alice Glass ran away from
home at the age of 14 and was living in Toronto squats before meeting Ethan
Kath, a guitarist playing in Stooges and GG Allin covers bands. When Kath later
saw Glass playing in her gothic punk band Fetus Fatale, he asked her to add
vocals to electro recordings he'd made on a homemade synth, using part of an old
Atari sound chip, and so Crystal Cast...