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There�s very little originality lurking around the deep canyon reverb that drips throughout Crystal Stilts� first full length. If one could manage to hear whatever Brad Hargett is warbling, I�m sure they�d find it to be positively pessimistic and fueled by dread. If one could transcribe JB Townsend�s guitar work, they�d find some embarrassingly simple chord progressions within that spring-loaded fretwork. And if one could gander at the collected record collection of Crystal Stilts� members, they�d find more than one copy of the Velvet Underground�s third record, Unknown Pleasures, and a few well-worn editions of Psychocandy.

Theoretically, you�ve...