At one point in the zombie-haunted "Crimewave" video, there's a shot of giant wooden swans. Not that Los Angeles noise-rockers HEALTH's original track on their 2007 self-titled debut was an ugly duckling, but 8-bit Canadian duo Crystal Castles happen to be pretty good at turning musical creatures of all kinds into spooky electro-punk umm gold. (White Lies' "Death" was their most recent beneficiary.) "Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)", on this year's impressive Crystal Castles, morphs the plodding percussion and wounded-lion guitars of HEALTH's recording into a thing with blippy synths, gothic moodiness, and a precise New Order beat. Singer Jacob Duzsik's voice gets Knife-d into alien oblivion. The video contains images from Bruce LaBruce's film Otto; or, Up With Dead People interspersed with images of the group's live shows.
Video:> Crystal Castles: "Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH)"
[from Crystal Castles; out now on Last Gang]
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