Fogged Glass

As I was browsing twitter a couple of hours ago, I heard a synthesizer-enhanced version of Taps looming in the distance. I thought it strange, but continued to browse. As it grew closer, a tweet from Alice Glass appeared in my TL. Taps is blaring. Crystal Castles have officially shattered.

Glass, lead singer of the electro-pop duo, announced her immediate departure from the band, which is composed of her and producer Ethan Kath. Together, Glass and Kath have produced 3 albums, earning themselves praise from elites such as Billboard Hot 100 and NME. Their single, “Not in Love” (featuring The Cure’s leading lad, Robert Smith), earned a spot on worldwide charts.

Ah, “Not in Love”. The anthem of my freshman year in high school. With CC’s sneezed-on-da-beat-sick tunes booming through headphones, I was an invincible force of angst and hormone-induced rage.

“I don’t need him anymore, I’m fine on my own!” I would tell my already fed-up friends about my 8th-9th grade paramour (who, ironically, had introduced me to the song in the first place.) I finally wore it out, and tossed it in the back of my brain archive, which is chocked-full of songs that don’t unearth ’til my craving for nostalgia kicks in. Today, I listen in mourning for the band that opened for supernovas like Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode. Thank you, Crystal Castles, for crushing it with I, II, and III alike.