If thereвЂ™ve been any growth for Kath as a producer, itвЂ™s most likely to be found in the Trap influences on this album. вЂњConcreteвЂќ is a well-executed and entirely engaging techno track. вЂњChloroformвЂќвЂ™s, buzz melody is catchy and belligerent. There are a few shining moments here too. The dense noisey sections, once the bandвЂ™s calling card, seem more refined on this album, often acting only as a temporary moment between clean, enjoyable beatmaking. The left-field cooing of their debut record is nowhere to be found. There are some changes to the sound though. Neither of the two poles feels cheap or disappointing, it just feels that Kath is deciding where and when the spectrum shifts. The albumвЂ™s vocals run the spectrum between the ethereal and a raw, scream-filled distortion. Kath, who saw previous success with the hard rock group KГЇll CheerleadГ«r, plays talent scout with young female vocalists in vulnerable positions. The story of how Kath meant Frances is basically a variant on the Alice Glass narrative: Frances was couch surfing in Los Angeles and ran into Kath at a show, and he took the 21 year old under his wing. While she holds her own, Edith Frances, the groupвЂ™s new vocalist, doesnвЂ™t stray much from what Glass was doing vocally. The organizers took Crystal Castles off the bill a few hours later. When Crystal Castles, minus-Glass, were invited to play a feminist fundraiser at SXSW this year, Glass commented that Kath was вЂњnot an appropriate artist to be performing at a feminism-centric eventвЂќ.

KathвЂ™s claim was that his bandmate was disposable, and when she left the band, he set out to prove just that, by replacing her. Glass refuted the claim, replying that she had written a significant amount of the lyrics and melodies for the project. In a statement he later took down, Kath accused the vocalist of having minimal contributions to the group, declaring that Glass вЂњdidnвЂ™t appear on Crystal CastlesвЂ™ best known songsвЂќ. The contention between Glass and Kath was mainly over authorship. Despite producer Ethan KathвЂ™s best efforts to transcend that вЂ“ politically, emotionally, and sonically вЂ“ Crystal Castles without Glass has revealed itself to be little more than a vanity project. As the first album with a new vocalist, Amnesty I isnвЂ™t much of a departure from the bandвЂ™s time-tested formula: dark electronic music flooded with the tropes of punk and hardcore. Alice GlassвЂ™ departure from Crystal Castles late in 2014 kicked off a messy and very public dispute.

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