Crystal Castles' newest effort is as pounding, as you'd expect. The synths and beats are present, yet there's a slight whiff of trance about the place that would be almost suspicious if it were not for vocalst, Alice Glass' pitchy shrieks and wails to break the music from its respite.
Strangely, the single, 'Wrath of God' is good, but it just doesn't quite feel like enough, although it feels like on of those songs that, in a live setting, would blast the crowd into a frenzy and tear your organs apart. Some music, it seems, will always favour a live setting and movement and emotion of the moment, and electronic music epitomises that more so than most other genres.
Outside of the live setting, and in the context of the rest of the album, I may listen again and think more favourably, but for now I feel somewhat indifferent although it may be reconsidered an infamous 'grower'.
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