Looks like the Crystal Castles beef is officially ON. Yesterday, the band's producer/instrumentalist Ethan Kath released a new song called "Frail" under the Crystal Castles moniker, and in the process, slagged off former bandmate/singer Alice Glass, saying, "she didn't appear on Crystal Castles' best known songs," and, "people often gave her credit for my lyrics and that was fine, I didn't care." Kath claimed "Frail" was sung by someone called Edith -- whose mysterious identity I attempted to unspool earlier today (tl;dr: I think Edith is actually Kath). Today, Glass fired back! The ex-Crystal Castles frontwoman took to Twitter, claiming that Kath's accusations were entirely false. Here's what she had to say in a series of Tweets:
for the record, i wrote almost all of the lyrics in my former band and the vast majority of the vocal melodies
— ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) April 17, 2015
i was a founding member of crystal castles and shaped the sound and aesthetic from the very beginning
— ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) April 17, 2015
manipulative statements about my contributions to the band only reinforce the decision I made to move on to other things
— ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) April 17, 2015
i'm excited to share new music with you very soon!(?? ???)?))??: *????y? ?y????*:?
— ALICE GLASS (@ALICEGLASS) April 17, 2015
There you have it. FWIW, that second tweet -- about her having been a member of the band since its inception -- gives my conspiracy theory an additional bit of backing. WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS HERE, PEOPLE.
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