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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Crystal Stilts @ Kung Fu Necktie (4/9/09)

The sound of Crystal Stilts conjures up images of absinthe-mindedly stumbling through alleyways of Weimar Berlin. It’s as if everything surrounding you is morbidly glorious, yet you know you have much reason to be scared. Although their resentment of comparisons to Joy Division and the Jesus and Mary Chain isn’t exactly, or at all, warranted, that should be little to complain about. Their debut LP, Alight of Night, hit the shelves last October, just in time for Halloween, and has been pleasantly frightening Vice Magazine-readers ever since. “Graveyard Orbit” and “Shattered Shine” echo like a glitter-encrusted death rattle in the hands of Peter Murphy and “The SinKing” embraces the sound of being chased through a Sadist’s maze by Ian Curtis. The band does have its cheerier moments, such as their twist-evoking eponymous track and “Prismatic Room,” which could incite a sing-along (if only the lyrics were the least bit discernable), but any glimmer of hope is drowned about by a psychedelic garage fuzz in the tradition of the Velvets. So if the idea of being haunted by Brooklyn hipsters in designer duds excites you (and how could it not?) make sure to drop by Crystal Stilts’ April 9th gig at Kung Fu Necktie. Izzy Cihak

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