A Place to Bury Strangers Announce Rare and Deadly
Naming your rarities album Rare and Deadly sort of puts everyone on notice of both your power and your bravado, and for A Place to Bury Strangers, that’s probably deserved. They’ve spent nearly two decades delivering punishing noise rock that blends elements of psychedelia, experimental and electronica all into one madhouse; it’s made their sound abrasive and challenging, yet ultimately rewarding. Just jump into this new tune that comes with the announcement, with the noise clawing at your speakers while a quickened rhythm gives birth beneath the surface. The vocals almost seem secondary at times, more like a seance held over the noise, putting the group’s ability to incorporate various textures on display. This compilation LP will be out on April 3rd via Dedstrange!

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I’m a definite sucker for a spiky guitar line, so when I pressed play on this new tune from the latest Vocabularies, I instantly knew I was going to be playing it on repeat. Those notes seem to be sort of climbing up the wall, like a spider operating with some sort of deliberate madness; it puts up a certain tension in the track, letting songwriter Ryan Young crawl all over those jagged notes. Young’s vocal delivery is calmed and deliberate, striking the listener in a fashion that almost feels like a post-punk infomercial commenting on how “they win/we lose.” If sharp guitar notes are your thing, then you’ll want to search the rest of For the Hundredth Time.
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