Why did you delete the statement that originally accompanied "Frail"?

Kath: I was making a point that my vision for CC was continuing. When I realized it came off as shade, I pulled it because I have no desire to throw any shade, I really do wish her the best.

Why did you make that statement?

Kath: I meant no harm to her, I was referring to her recent statements in i-D magazine that she left the band so she can finally "be herself," she was "living a lie" in CC and she was ready to "own her own darkness." I didn't belittle her or make any derogatory comments, I was acknowledging what she had already said herself. I wished her the best because despite everything, I'll always love her and sincerely want her to do well and be happy. I encourage everyone to anticipate Alice's solo music, I'm excited for it myself.

Do you feel that Alice calling her departure "the end of the band" was premature?

Kath: I was told she was taking a year off and that I should have the majority of the songs ready by her return. After her year off, she tweeted that she was leaving. There was no discussion about it.

__Alice has tweeted, "for the record, i wrote almost all of the lyrics in

my former band and the vast majority of the vocal melodies," which __refutes what you had written. Do you have a response?

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__Kath: I was surprised by her statements because in that same i-d interview she

claims I was restricting her ability to express her own creative input, she couldn't be herself, and that she needed to leave to find her own voice. Two months later she tweets that it was her voice. It can't be both.

What is the status of Crystal Castles today? Who is the singer on "Frail"? Is Crystal Castles working on new material?

Kath: "Frail" was recorded recently and released as a message that we are in studio writing and recording a new album. The vocals are not my pitched voice (as on "Violent Youth" or the album version of "Not in Love"). A girl named Edith is singing.