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“Ultimately, throughout its ten pieces, Exploding Head is a much more diverse collection than A Place To Bury Strangers, and far outweighs the shoegaze revivalist criticisms their detractors have labelled them with. What’s more, A Place To Bury Strangers have managed to strike a perfect balance between noise and tune, and as a result created one of 2009’s most ingenious records.”
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“But ultimately, for all its familiarity and formula, Exploding Head just sounds great. Cranked up, you’ll hear no more thrilling record this year, and it sits neatly as a more visceral, vicious companion to the Horrors’ Primary Colours, which mines many of the same influences. And taken as a showreel for Ackerman’s customised guitar pedal business- as Death by Audio, his clients include U2 and, yes, My Bloody Valentine- the album is undeniably impressive. I want what he’s got.”
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“I’m going to thank A Place to Bury Strangers for kick-starting the reappraisal of shoegaze. “
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Two years later and we’re blessed with a promising sophomore record which is set for release on Mute Records.
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