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“Whether or not you believe the hype that they’re New York City’s “loudest band,†there’s no doubt A Place to Bury Strangers knows how to turn earsplitting noise into sonic bliss.”
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“APTBS invited us into their practice space a day before they were heading to play France’s La Route Du Rock festival with My Bloody Valentine”
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“these cats play some pretty mesmerizing noises. “
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This is a definite progression from their earlier material and if this is an indication of where the band is ultimately headed, then Exploding Head is likely to be the first of some very exciting albums.
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hen it comes to Brooklyn bands, there are few as indisputably cool as A Place to Bury Strangers. Based out of Williamsburg, the band plays a detached mix of shoegaze and doom rock that evokes comparisons to bands like Joy Division, The Swans, and My Bloody Valentine — the trifecta of aloof, pretentious coolness.
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“A Place To Bury Strangers mark their debut on Mute with an aggressive, sinister record that’s as spooky as it is impressive. “
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“Exploding Head is a rabid wolf of an album, one to make you stock up on the drugs, slip into your leathers and ride off into a pulsing, screeing, strobe-lit Armageddon, and puts APTBS up there with the likes of Fuck Buttons as purveyors of truly beautiful noise. It will, literally, blow your mind.”
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“Brutal, mischievous fun, packed with tunes as hard as their ideas. “
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