Exploding Head made it to several “best of 2009” lists. Most notably, Number 1 at Toronto Star.
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“This is the band for which fans of this sort of thing have been waiting for years.” Number 1
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But the house that the Jesus and Mary Chain built perhaps has never had its walls-of-sound shake with such fearless reverb than with this Brooklyn trio. Number 2
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“The opening two songs of the album are easily the best lead-off tracks of the year, setting the tone for ten songs that will leave you speechless” Number 2
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“The only other album that was able to compete with “Dance Mother” for our “Album of the Year” title was the recently released sophomore effort of A Place To Bury Strangers.” Number 2
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number 3
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Exploding Head may be more accessible than the first album, but songwriter Oliver Ackermann sacrifices none of his ear-shattering shoegaze style.” Number 3
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“this is a monster full of shrieking, feedback shrapnel shot from a roaring wall of sound that’s as massive and raw as anything you’ll find in the noise cult underground.” Number 5
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Dark vortices of razory sound crash into driving, tidal rhythms that guide but never quite contain the music’s volcanic aesthetic.
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“I just adore how loud and discordant A Place To Bury Strangers’ blend of space-rock and shoegaze is. ” Number 9
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Fact of the matter is that even though My Bloody Valentine pretty much cornered the market on shoegaze back in 1991 when Loveless came out that there can still be surprises left in the genre to this day. It’s become a template for developing new and exciting forms of psychedelia this decade
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“Exploding Head delivers on the promise of APTBS’ debut, ratcheting up the teeth-rattling feedback while, for the first time, bringing the band’s unique sounds into the framework of honest-to-goodness songs” number 16
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