Crystal Fairy (album) explained

Crystal Fairy is the eponymous debut album by the rock supergroup Crystal Fairy, released on February 24, 2017 via Ipecac Recordings.^[1]

Recording

The album was reportedly written and recorded in a week, with a fluid and spontaneous process. Osborne and Crover would be in one room working on riffs. Rodríguez-López would be in another working on bass lines, and Suárez would be in another, creating lyrics for demos that had just been tracked. She abandoned her usual, deliberate writing technique in favour of improvisation: "the songs wrote and interpreted themselves."^[2]

Lyrics and themes

Drugs are a recurring theme on the record.^[2]

The title track (and the name of the band itself) is a likely reference to the 2013 Chilean film Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus.^[2]

Reception

Crystal Fairy received generally favorable reviews.^[3]

AllMusic's James Christopher Monger praised the album as "impressive stuff, and that it feels like the work of a much more seasoned crew of bandmates suggests that they had as much fun making it as the listener will have devouring it".

Consequence of Sounds Meghan Roos summarized it as "a heavy, artsy, and dramatic record that offers more with each listen".

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Crystal Fairy, except where noted.

Personnel

Crystal Fairy

• Teri Gender Bender – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Buzz Osborne – guitar, vocals
• Dale Crover – drums, guitar
• Omar Rodríguez-López – bass, guitar

Technical

• Chris Common – recording, mixing, mastering
• Toshi Kasai – recording
• Mackie Osborne – artwork design

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Crystal Fairy' album on bandcamp. May 20, 2017.
2. Web site: Crystal Fairy: A Supergroup Decades in the Making. John. Gentile. 20 May 2017.
3. Web site: Crystal Fairy by Crystal Fairy. Metacritic. 20 May 2017.