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Crystal Fighters - At Home

Crystal Fighters - At Home
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Plucky mandolin strings and joyous siren chants.



Label: Zirkulo
Released: 28th February 2011
Reviewer: Jasmine Phull
Plucky mandolin strings and joyous siren chants create Crystal Fighters' ‘At Home’, an emotional love tale draped in a rhythmically silky soft melody. A collective of voices develop into catchy lyrics that reminisce to scenes of the past; reflecting hope and devotion and scenes of the present enveloped in growth, realization and reconnection.

Traditional Basque instruments create this uplifting and sweet track drenched in folk and electronica; both working together while resisting the tyranny of ‘the mélange’. The quintet manages to bring two normally opposing genres together with an outcome not unlike one harmonious civil ceremony; the unity of two separate entities that work best when together.

As a running theme of debut LP ‘Star Of Love’, these East London based Spaniards channel the traditional scapes of their Balearic origins while integrating the raw grime of their adopted home. Rating: 8/10
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