Crystal Castles + Robert Smith

Crystal Castles - Not In Love (featuring Robert Smith)


It turns out that Robert Smith is Alice Glass' vocal complement. His vocal timbre on this Crystal Castles song isn't just kind of right for it: it's freaking perfect. On top of that it's the best song he's been a part of in years. It's as if Glass went down to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to get the hall of famer out of retirement for another shot.

Interestingly, it's not hard to hear Smith's emotive vocal as the soundtrack to your 90s bedroom music video. "I saw your picture hanging on the back of my door" sets the scene for an I-miss-you moment that is shortly followed by the lyrically banal "when are you coming home?" It's a Cure song for the internet era.