{"id":2996,"date":"2015-02-16T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2015-02-25T15:41:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:41:45","slug":"a-place-to-bury-strangers-transfixiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/a-place-to-bury-strangers-transfixiation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Place to Bury Strangers <br>Transfixiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tranfixiation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2997\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tranfixiation.jpg\" alt=\"A Place to Bury Strangers, Transfixiation\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tranfixiation.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/tranfixiation-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Since forming a dozen or so years ago, A Place to Bury Strangers has created a small catalog that seems like a logical extension of the kind of feedback-laden cacophonies created by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Loop, and the like in the previous century. On albums like 2012\u2019s standout <i>Worship<\/i>, the Brooklyn-based trio delved into the red, making mini maelstroms of guitar-fuzz fury capable of consuming the listener whole.<\/p>\n<p>With the the years between records reportedly spent refreshing their batteries after an aborted first stab at making this record, APTBS has released full-length number four, <i>Transfixiation<\/i> (Dead Oceans). While it retains the buzzing cadence of the band\u2019s past glories, the creation difficulties experienced by the group have manifested themselves sonically. The record feels disjointed, as opposed to the unified force of past platters. Though it starts strong with \u201cSupermaster,\u201d \u201cStraight\u201d comes off like a patchwork of effects and ideas, and the transition to the subsequent track, \u201cLove High,\u201d a much stronger cut of post-<i>Loveless<\/i> phaser swirl, is particularly jarring.<\/p>\n<p>But while the pieces don\u2019t always fit together well, on their own most of these 11 tracks still show APTBS to be pushing the envelope. The six-minute-plus \u201cDeeper\u201d mines a deep groove, with pulses of bass and drums going off like underwater explosions as they accent singer\/guitarist Oliver Ackermann\u2019s admonitions of \u201cIf you fuck with me, you\u2019re gonna burn.\u201d It\u2019s the record\u2019s most organic moment, building at a slow pace into a gargantuan tidal wave of atmosphere and guitar turbulence. On the other end of the spectrum, \u201cI\u2019m So Clean,\u201d which echoes the JAMC\u2019s \u201cThe Living End,\u201d reveals the band going for it with little forethought. Disjointed though it may be, <i>Transfixiation<\/i> shows A Place to Bury Strangers is still capable of sonic brilliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since forming a dozen or so years ago, A Place to Bury Strangers has created a small catalog that seems like a logical extension of the kind of feedback-laden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[1021,34,1120],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-a-place-to-bury-strangers","tag-album-review","tag-dead-oceans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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