The widescreen cinematics and rhythmic simplicity of Plague reveal a major development for Ethan Kath and Alice Glass. From the Promethean opening you know this is going to be a trip to the dark side, but there are new sounds hidden in this reverb drenched fog. Alice Glass’ assertion that she is the plague cuts through, and as a return to form, Plague is going to reverberate through the dark of their strobe fuelled Big Day Out performance…shows that will mark Crystal Castles first new material since 2010.
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