Following the release of their latest album In Love With Oblivion, Crystal Stilts are releasing “Shake the Shackles” as a digital download single to coincide with their second UK jaunt of 2011 this coming June with headline shows including XOYO in London on 20th (with The 1990’s and Still Corners) plus a couple of shows with Warpaint.

Crystal Stilts burst out of Brooklyn’s storied post-punk indie scene in 2008 with a string of releases including their fantastic debut album Alight Of Night and this year’s critically acclaimed In Love with Oblivion. Deftly combining the spooked 60s Texas psych of 13th Floor Elevators and Red Crayola, the gothic blues/punk howl of Gun Club, the dark, experimental DIYism of early Flying Nun/Xpressway groups and a dash of classic 60s pop, Crystal Stilts won universal accolades and established the band as first-class purveyors of haunting, atmospheric post-punk pop.

“Shake The Shackles” is one of the stand-out tracks from In Love With Oblivion, as described by the NME; “the fuzzy layers of infectious riffs, organs and tambourine shakes gloom clear with a hopeful, dappled-sunlight brilliance.” Driven by echoed guitar strum and droning keys, it’s a dexterous update of 60s garage pop that places it alongside late 80s Paisley Underground heroes like Green On Red and later Dream Syndicate, but the song itself is totally timeless, and impossible to place anywhere but firmly in Crystal Stilts’ own unique style.

Sunday, July 31st – Derby UK – Indietracks
Monday, August 1st – Liverpool, UK – Static Gallery
Tuesday, August 2nd – London, UK – White Heat at Madame Jojo’s – White Heat’s Birthday
Wednesday, August 3rd – Norwich, UK – Norwich Arts Centre