There's no denying how easily Brooklyn has become one of the more enigmatic creative hubs in the country- throw a brick through your standard-issue SXSW beer tent and you're bound to hit six bands from the borough. Understandably, it's become overrun with "next big thing" hopefuls and gentrified angular-pop that you've come to expect from any metropolitan freak-factory, but with that also comes the disappointment of the inevitable "too much of a good thing" plethora. Which is what makes A Place To Bury Strangers a noteworthy band- being the most un-Brooklyn of the Brooklyn bands to make a splash.
Their self-titled debut introduced us to a bang that loved guitars- letting them dredge canals of feedback and distortion louder than their shoegazing forefathers; this was a band that could make a car crash sound as if it had longing. Over the span of 4 albums, APTBS have gradually found the perfect blend of 80's goth sensibility, Wire-worthy post-punk and distorted bliss that have culminated in their recent outing, "Transfixiation".
Bridging the gap between their earlier soundblast, noise-punk debut and the refined gloss they explored on their previous album, "Worship", their latest album seems like a band readying for their next move; doing what they do best by tepidly exploring new sounds while calling back to their nostalgia. Whatever the future may hold for the members of A Place To Bury Strangers, "Transfixiation" could easily be the album reflected as a turning point in years to come.
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