
‘We’re just having a capo break, make the most of it’, laughs Kyle Forester, Crystal Stilts keyboardist. The Brooklyn-based band had just blasted The Arches with ‘Sycamore Tree’ – the opening track from new album ‘In Love with Oblivion’, leaving the crowd stunned by the cacophony of noise produced by the five-piece.
Noise is probably the most succinct way to describe Crystal Stilts’ live performance. Both studio albums (2008’s ‘Alight of Night’ and ‘In Love with Oblivion’) are reasonable efforts. Lead singer Brad Hargett Morrissey-esque lyrics paint a half-decent...