The release was largely an effort to increase awareness of domestic and sexual abuse. In July 2015, Glass released her debut single as a solo artist, ' Stillbirth'. She later had a number of public disagreements with her former bandmate, including accusing him of assault and sexual misconduct. In the announcement, she noted that working within the band compromised her efforts towards 'sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others'. In October 2014, Glass announced her departure from Crystal Castles due to her own professional and personal reasons. Glass co-wrote every Crystal Castles song she contributed vocals to. The duo followed their debut album with two more critically acclaimed albums, II (2010) and III (2012), completing a trilogy. Glass topped NME 's Cool List that year and responded to it by criticizing the idea of the cool list itself. 'Alice Practice' was eventually featured on their eponymous debut album released in 2008. The same year, Crystal Castles played their first live show at Clinton's Tavern in Toronto. The song got the band their first record deal with Merok Records in London. Ĭrystal Castles' first official release was their 2006 single ' Alice Practice'. She picked the stage name Alice Glass based on a pin with the name Alice that she shoplifted and Hopey Glass, a character in Love and Rockets. In December 2003, she and Ethan Kath began working together on the project that would become Crystal Castles. At age 15, she ran away from home to live in a squat community of punks under the name Vicki Vale (after the comic book character) and started an all-girl experimental punk band called Fetus Fatale. She was raised Catholic, attending parochial school up until junior high. Life and career 1988–2014: Early life and Crystal Castles Īlice Glass was born Margaret Osborn on 23 August 1988 in Toronto, Ontario. 1.1 1988–2014: Early life and Crystal Castles.

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