Celestica (song)

"Celestica"
Single by Crystal Castles
from the album Crystal Castles (II)
Released	13 April 2010
Format	CD, 7", digital download
Genre	Synthpop, dream pop, shoegazing[1]
Length	3:48
Label	Fiction
Writer(s)	Crystal Castles
Producer(s)	Ethan Kath
Crystal Castles singles chronology
"Vanished" (2008) "Celestica" (2010) "Baptism" (2010)

Celestica is the first single from Crystal Castles' second self-titled album, Crystal Castles. The single was released digitally as an EP, featuring the three B-sides on the Doe Deer 12" EP. This single also included a "Single Mix" of "Celestica". A no-budget video for the track was released as well, directed by Rob Hawkins, a friend of the band.^[2] No official artwork has been presented for the single.^[3]

The song is said to have some relation to the Canadian factory Celestica in which Ethan Kath said that one of the workers allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a tub of hot plastic and that they still used the plastic to make products.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Celestica" (Album Mix) – 3:50
2. "Seed" (2004 Version) – 1:48
3. "Insectica" (2004 Version) – 1:42
4. "Mother Knows Best" (2004 Version) – 2:01
5. "Celestica" (Single Mix) - 3:47

Personnel

• Ethan Kath – instruments, production, mixing
• Alice Glass – vocals, lyrics

References

1. Cohen, Ian (2010-04-29). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2012-11-27. The core elements of first single "Celestica", for example, are pure shoegaze, but the waves of distortion that scrape across its chorus squash any concerns that the duo has gone soft.
2. "Video: Crystal Castles: "Celestica" | News". Pitchfork. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
3. "iTunes - Music - Celestica - EP by Crystal Castles". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
4. http://crystalcastles.com/board/index.php?topic=1210.0

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics