13.01.2012 – Berlin, DE (Bethanien)*
28.01.2012 – Berlin, DE (Ida Nowhere) – CANCELLED
09.02.2012 – Cottbus, DE (Galerie Fango)*
10.02.2012 – Berlin, DE (Antje Oeklesund)*
23.02.2012 – Berlin, DE (King Kong Klub)**
02.03.2012 – Berlin, DE (Gelegenheiten)*
10.04.2012 – Berlin, DE (Madame Claude)*

*Solo / Crystal Shipsss

** Crystal Shipsss

Crystal Shipsss – “Yay” (digital download included)

Here are some words on the album:
“From light and airy, to heavy and fuzzed out, Yay is a journey into Faurholt’s extraordinary range as a songwiter.” - FZB

“Yay sports a disarming falsetto throughout from Faurholt and arrangements that emphasize melody and noise in equal measure.  It’s an impressive little record that, on its best songs (“Smile”, “Geyser”, “Uh Huh”), is truly captivating.” - Pop Headwound

Crystal Shipsss will also play a couple of shows in December together with the Canadian acts Man Meets Bear and Slight Birching.

13/12: Antje Oeklesund, Berlin
16/12: Frühperle, Berlin

About:
Crystal Shipsss is a home recording project of mine. All CS songs will be uploaded immediately after they have been recorded & mixed, and will be available for free download at Bandcamp as part of the Hopefully It Will Grow! album. The songs on this album should  be considered as demos/sketches/works in progress, and they will later appear on CS album releases in further edited & mastered versions.

Gold Soundz wrote:
“Berlin-based artist Jacob Faurholt makes lo-fi psych weirdness under the name Crystal Shipsss. I dig it, but I wouldn’t buy acid from him.”

Visit Crystal Shipsss here:
FACEBOOK (press the “like” button to be updated with CS news)
BANDCAMP (free downloads & streams / shop)
SOUNDCLOUD (free downloads & streams)

Drowned in Sound  (7/10)
“The distortion on ‘Dark Hours’ doesn’t bolster the skeletal guitar so much as it lends it a lingering decrepitude which compliments Faurholt’s creaky vocals and gives the chorus of wheezing squeezebox and subtly brushed slo-mo drums the feel of a gorgeously meek rallying cry.“

Rockfreaks (7/10)
“Because of this, the album isn’t a sordid, one-tone affair; it’s an album filled with variations of colour, texture and emotions.”

Disagreement
“Another influence might be the later works of Nick Drake. Just like this late singer/songwriter, Jacob Faurholt is an expert in conjuring icy cold moods full of intrinsic beauty.”