Crystal Fairy (album)

Crystal Fairy is the eponymous debut album by the rock supergroup Crystal Fairy, released on February 24, 2017 via Ipecac Recordings.[1]

Crystal Fairy
Studio album by
Crystal Fairy
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2017
Recorded2016
GenreRock, alternative rock, hard rock, sludge
Length40:15
LabelIpecac Recordings[1]
Singles from Crystal Fairy
  1. "Necklace of Divorce / Drugs on the Bus"
    Released: October 21, 2016
  2. "Chiseler"
    Released: December 9, 2016
  3. "Crystal Fairy"
    Released: January 23, 2017

Recording

The album was reportedly written and recorded in a week, with a fluid and spontaneous process. Osborne and Crover would be in one room working on riffs. Rodríguez-López would be in another working on bass lines, and Suárez would be in another, creating lyrics for demos that had just been tracked. She abandoned her usual, deliberate writing technique in favour of improvisation: "the songs wrote and interpreted themselves."[2]

Lyrics and themes

Drugs are a recurring theme on the record.[2]

The title track (and the name of the band itself) is a likely reference to the 2013 Chilean film Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus.[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of SoundB[5]

Crystal Fairy received generally favorable reviews.[3]

AllMusic's James Christopher Monger praised the album as "impressive stuff, and that it feels like the work of a much more seasoned crew of bandmates suggests that they had as much fun making it as the listener will have devouring it".[4]

Consequence of Sound's Meghan Roos summarized it as "a heavy, artsy, and dramatic record that offers more with each listen".[5]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Crystal Fairy, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Chiseler"3:00
2."Drugs on the Bus"4:34
3."Necklace of Divorce"4:19
4."Moth Tongue"4:57
5."Crystal Fairy"3:59
6."Secret Agent Rat"3:21
7."Under Trouble"5:12
8."Bent Teeth"3:52
9."Posesión" (Pat Stratford, Lyon Wong, Steve Hunt, Geoff Magner, Mike Hunter)2:20
10."Sweet Self"2:22
11."Vampire X-Mas"2:19
Total length:40:15

Personnel

Crystal Fairy

Technical

  • Chris Common – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Toshi Kasai – recording
  • Mackie Osborne – artwork design
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References
  1. "'Crystal Fairy' album on bandcamp". Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  2. Gentile, John. "Crystal Fairy: A Supergroup Decades in the Making". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. "Crystal Fairy by Crystal Fairy". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. James Christopher Monger. "Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. Meghan Roos. "Crystal Fairy – Crystal Fairy". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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