[6] Crystal Castles was recorded by Ethan Kath in a variety of locations including an abandoned church in Iceland, a self-built cabin in northern Ontario, a garage behind an abandoned drug store in Detroit, as well as Paul Epworth's London studio.

[9][10] Later on in December, the single version of "Not in Love", featuring guest vocals from Robert Smith of the Cure, was released.

[12] Daniel Brockman of The Boston Phoenix praised the band for creating "a dense-yet-airy thicket of pure pop transcendence."

MusicOMH also gave an extremely positive review, describing the album as "bold, dramatic, more than a little screwed-up and stunningly exciting statement."

As of July 2012, Crystal Castles' first and second studio albums had sold a combined 174,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.