Celestica (song)

"Celestica" is the first single from Crystal Castles' second album, Crystal Castles. The single was released digitally as an EP, featuring the three B-sides on the Doe Deer 12" EP. This single also included a single mix of "Celestica". A no-budget video for the track was released as well, directed by Rob Hawkins, a friend of the band.[2] No official artwork has been presented for the single.[3]

"Celestica"
Single by Crystal Castles
from the album Crystal Castles
Released13 April 2010
Genre
Length3:48
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)Crystal Castles
Producer(s)Ethan Kath
Crystal Castles singles chronology
"Vanished"
(2008)		 "Celestica"
(2010)		 "Baptism"
(2010)

The song is said to have some relation to the Canadian factory Celestica in which Ethan Kath said that one of the workers allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a tub of hot plastic but they still used the plastic to make products.[4]

Track listing
  1. "Celestica" (album mix) – 3:50
  2. "Seed" (2004 version) – 1:48
  3. "Insectica" (2004 version) – 1:42
  4. "Mother Knows Best" (2004 version) – 2:01
  5. "Celestica" (single mix) – 3:47

Personnel

References
  1. Cohen, Ian (2010-04-29). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2012-11-27. The core elements of first single "Celestica", for example, are pure shoegaze, but the waves of distortion that scrape across its chorus squash any concerns that the duo has gone soft.
  2. "Video: Crystal Castles: "Celestica" | News". Pitchfork. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. "iTunes - Music - Celestica - EP by Crystal Castles". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  4. "Favourite Crystal Castles Quotes". Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
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