Released to much critical acclaim, Crystal Castles was featured prominently in press including SPIN Magazine, Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, NME, Mojo, and XLR8R among many other international outlets. U.K. audiences were quick to raise their profile to the next level, eventually naming their debut album as # 39 on NME’s list of “Top 50 Greatest Albums of the Decade.” Transcending the media-hyped subgenres of “nu-rave” and “8-bit” music prevalent in 2008, Crystal Castles influenced a new generation of electronic artists no longer bound to restrictive definitions on what constituted punk, noise, or dance music.

Throughout 2008 and 2009 Crystal Castles toured extensively throughout the world, reaching Japan, Australia, Europe, and played several U.S. tours including a support billing for Nine Inch Nails during their 2008 summer tour. Festival appearances were numerous, including performances at All Points West, Coachella, Oxegen Festival in Ireland, Iceland Airwaves, Glastonbury and Reading Festivals in the U.K., among many more.

Crystal Castles’ highly anticipated sophomore full-length, Crystal Castles II, was released in spring 2010 on Fiction Records, notably known as The Cure’s label for many years. Famed U.K. producer Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Kate Nash, The Rapture) collaborated with the band on select album tracks. Reporting on an early preview of select new songs, NME stated the material could be a “huge crossover hit”. With the band at their creative peak, the nihilist aesthetic and diverse body of work suggests Crystal Castles' intentions and potential are worth much more than ever before.