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“But it’s with ‘I Lived My Life to Stand in The Shadow of Your Heart’, the epic closing track on Exploding Head, that Ackermann and co. firmly nail their colours to the mast. Three minutes of sugar-rush pop hooks suddenly collapse into a deafening ocean of wig-out feedback, the band drenched in strobing for what must be ten minutes. It’s their psychedelic ‘You Made Me Realise’ moment, blurring the lines between pleasure and pain like only the best shoegaze can. Exploding head indeed. In a scene beset by at least as many bandwagon-hoppers as genuine trailblazers, APTBS certainly can’t be accused of lacking substance. Hopefully the ringing in our ears will stop before work in the morning”

“A Place To Bury Strangers, live they’re an experience once seen and never forgotten, and for these ears at least, next month’s ATP show in Minehead can’t come soon enough.”

“Many will dismiss them as mere shoegaze revivalists, rehashers pushing a formula through further waves of effects, but there is so much more to the New York four-piece than that.”

“Again, this effect only emphasises their music, as the band seem to increase the volume even more while drenched in a sea of white light.”