Sometimes it takes a few plays before I really connect with bands and their music.  I have a tendency to fall in love with albums long after others have started playing them at housewarming parties and they're on request in jukeboxes around the city.  When it finally happens I'll listen to a particular album on repeat until I can't bear to hear another single note from them. 

There's been many albums where I've done this going back as far as Disintegration, a time where I was going through the early years of "How the hell did I end up with this family?", to more recent memories of drinking wine and dancing to Hot Fuss with my girlfriends.  Each of these albums takes me back to a place and time, and reminds me of how far I've come and how much further the road is ahead.  This month I'm stuck on Crystal Castles:

Originally posted on kimmie.vox.com