Doe Deer

Doe Deer / Celestica
EP by Crystal Castles
Released April 17, 2010
Genre Experimental, noise, electropunk, indietronica, synthpop, shoegazing[1]
Length 6:09
Label Fiction Records
Crystal Castles chronology
Alice Practice
(2008)		 Doe Deer
(2010)

Doe Deer is a song from Toronto-based band, Crystal Castles, released on their second self-titled album, Crystal Castles. The release was limited to 500 copies on 12" vinyl. The EP was a special release for UK's record store day.[2] Prior to the release, Doe Deer was played on UK's Radio 1, and rips began to circulate around the internet. The 12" gained special attention because three unreleased tracks from 2004 were featured as B-sides to the lead track. The song was featured in the episode "Nick" of Season 5 of Skins.

Celestica is the first single from Crystal Castles' second self-titled 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.[3] No official artwork has been presented for the single.[4]

Composition

Doe Deer was written by Ethan Kath, with additional recording from Matthew Wagner.[5] The official lyrics for the song are stated as being the word "deathray" repeated numerous times.[6] The vocals are, in fact, sampled from one of their earlier songs from 2004, "Insectica", which was given its official release on the Doe Deer EP.[7] Around the 0:53 mark of the song Insectica the word "deathray" is audibly being sang by Alice Glass. This is exactly the same as the repeated version throughout Doe Deer.

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
NME UK The 50 Best Tracks of the Year 2010 #18[8]

Physical track list

  1. "Doe Deer" – 1:38
  2. "Seed" (2004 Version) – 1:48
  3. "Insectica" (2004 Version) – 1:42
  4. "Mother Knows Best" (2004 Version) – 2:01

Digital track list

  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

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. ↑ "DOE DEER 12" (new EP)". Crystalcastles.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Video: Crystal Castles: "Celestica" | News". Pitchfork. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  4. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Celestica - EP by Crystal Castles". Itunes.apple.com. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  5. ↑ Crystal Castles II#Personnel
  6. ↑ http://crystalcastles.com/releases/doe-deer/
  7. ↑ Doe Deer#Physical track list
  8. ↑ NME

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