Not to be confused with Crystal Castles, Crystal Fighters have been quietly beavering away over the last few years, gaining quite a following. I have been trying to come up with a way to describe this band and it's not easy so luckily I found this in the Guardian's review of a gig earlier this year:
"Crystal Fighters are a highly bizarre musical proposition: a band of arty east London hipsters who have created an uneven fusion of banging rave-era techno and quixotic folk music that makes use of the idiosyncratic wooden percussion, timpani and pipe whistles of the Basque country".
Yeah, so um, pretty straight forward! Anyway, I listened to them a bit a couple of summers ago but haven't really paid much attention since, until I had the pleasure of hearing a live version of this on BBC6 music this morning. "At Home" is a beautiful, catchy and melodic love song with some striking harmonies and touching lyrics. I haven't enjoyed a song as much as this in a while and compared to some of their other songs is almost verging on quite mainstream. Don't be fooled though. Crystal Fighters are no sell out band and if it's crazy punky folky Basque country music you are after then look no further - but for now just enjoy this and let it wash over you as you kick back and finally enjoy some summer weather:
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