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I’m hearing a lot of fuzzed-out takes on proto-shoegaze come out of there these days. “I Know I’ll See You” by A Place To Bury Strangers does, in a lot of ways, take me back to shithole venues from the era — particularly the bass sound, which reminds me of something specific that I can’t put my finger on. The guitars are a fusion between midperiod Jesus & Mary Chain and midperiod My Bloody Valentine, the latter’s breakthrough point

Crystal Antlers were a hard act to follow, though Brooklyn trio A Place to Bury Strangers mostly succeeded, with lead guitarist/singer Oliver Ackermann doing his best to out-shine Johnny Bell in the showmanship department.