Plus, check out an interesting electro-style cover of Lil Wayne’s “How To Love.” Released only two weeks ago, the fresh electro pop/dance single, “Secret Days,” from the New York indie rock duo School of Seven Bells, received nearly 52,000 plays and nearly 50 thumbs up comments on SVIIB’s Soundcloud page, crowding up the track’s timeline with oodles of praise from fans. School of Seven Bells’ New LP, Lead Single and Cover of Lil Wayne Track
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As another bonus from the duo, download another single off the album, “Wrath of God” for free via Soundcloud.
In fact, some fans have noted that III sounds like it could be the soundtrack of the 2012 Mayan doomsday prophecy, which supposedly culminates on the winter solstice, 12.21.12. Waves of flickering synths and eerie sound effects suddenly explode into a fully engulfed electronic thrasher with Glass’ now piercing shrieks set against Kath’s raging riffs and a single, coarse drum beat that hacks away methodically in the background – altogether resulting in a truly rattling, sorrow-filled, angst-driven, ominous album. In July, the duo dropped “Plague,” a schzophrenic, somewhat demonic, track that starts off with what sounds like the industrial rumble of a factory in the distance and a ghastly howl overlaid with Glass’ soft, spooky vocals. “Affection” – Crystal Castles from III on Casablanca Records “Affection” is dominated by Alice Glass‘ ghostly cooing and the melodically dark and staggered synth riffs of Ethan Kath, who also produced the album himself. In recent months, the duo have released a few fresh singles, including “Affection,” from their new album, III, their darkest, most haunting album to date. The wildly popular, and immensely talented, Canadian electro duo, Crystal Castles, blew us away in 2010 with their self-titled sophomore LP after peaking our interest with their 2008 self-titled debut. The official album cover of III is actually an award-winning photo of Fatima al-Qaws cradling her son, Zayed, who was wounded during a Yemenese anti-government protest Crystal Castles Release Their Best Album To Date, III
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Make sure to check back tomorrow and during the weekend, not only for a full review and profile of Stevens’ Silver & Gold, but also for Volume II of this week’s album releases, featuring more sweet singles by a number of artists and bands, including one of the greatest (some say the greatest) rock and roll bands of all time – The Rolling Stones (and a chance to win a free 50th Stones’ anniversary eBook), as well as legendary bands of the 1980’s and 1990’s, including live and new studio album releases from Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, and Guided by Voices, and IRC exclusive DIY releases. “X-Mas Spirit Catcher” – Sufjan Stevens from Silver & Gold
Īlso, check out lead singles from new albums by Crystal Castles, School of Seven Bells, The Weeknd (with a single featuring Drake), Social Studies, El Perro Del Mar, Clinic, Bear Colony, among others.
But there are still six weeks left in the year and some of the most anticipated new albums of the year dropped this week, among them Sufjan Stevens‘ newest addition to his Christmas albums collection, Silver & Gold, which we’ll have much more about this weekend for the Album of the Week (only a partial list right now) feature. The end of 2012 is fast approaching and the ‘best of’ posts and playlists are already in the works.