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Crystal Stilts’ new album In Love with Oblivion will be released in the UK on 11 April 2011 on Fortuna POP!.
This follow-up to their much loved and critically acclaimed debut Alight Of Night continues their foray into spooky 60s psych and 80s dream pop but this time with more flourishes of melody and a bigger, more expansive sound. The album will be preceeded by a single from the album “Through The Floor” in March.
Based in Brooklyn (via Florida), Crystal Stilts emerged alongside the active local post-punk indie scene in 2008 whilst forging their own unique path. They built up a heady following stateside and by the time Alight of Night was released in the UK, a flood of accolades followed. In Love With Oblivion sets the bar even higher as they reach dizzying, fuzzy heights as first class purveyors of haunting, atmospheric post-punk pop.
"Shake The Shackles" is driven by echoed guitar strum and droning keys, it's a dexterous update of 60s garage pop that places it alongside late 80s Paisley Underground heroes like Green On Red and later Dream Syndicate, but the song itself is totally timeless, and impossible to place anywhere but firmly in Crystal Stilts' own unique style
Listen to it now... Grab it HERE.
The band will be touring extensively throughout 2011 and head to the UK in March with these confirmed shows:
March
24 Brighton Audio
25 Bristol Start The Bus
26 Manchester Ruby Lounge
27 Glasgow Arches
28 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
29 Birmingham Bar Academy
30 London Cargo
Click here to buy tickets for Crystal Stilta!