Originally written by Luke Slater · 4 May 2010
The current wave of opinion suggests that Toronto's Crystal Castles have surpassed themselves with their latest offering, the once again eponymously titled Crystal Castles II, which we gave a first listen to here. It's out now digitally, but gets a proper release in a few weeks time.
Anyway, though they're currently heading around Europe in support of this record, they've also just announced a slightly larger headline tour for later this year, in October to be precise. It takes in all of the constituent countries of the UK and Ireland, apart from Wales, which is a bit bad.
Watch Alice Glass got a bit mental on these dates and at these places:
October: 8 - Belfast, Mandela Hall 9 - Dublin, Academy 11 - Wolverhampton, Wulfrum Hall 12 - Bournemouth, 02 Academy 15 - London, Roundhouse 16 - Bristol, Academy 18 - Liverpool, Academy 19 - Glasgow, ABC 20 - Nottingham, Rock City 22 - Manchester, Academy 23 - Leeds, Metropolitan University 24 - Norwich, UEA
Tickets are on sale NOW from LiveNation and, we are told, the Roundhouse show will be the first in the venue's history which is ALL STANDING, including the balcony.
The best thing about the record - without actually listening to it - is the cover. Yeah, GOTHY.