Review: A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
A Place To Bury Strangers has a really great, loud, rocky sound. With reverberating echoes, wispy vocals, and adrenaline-laced back beats.
I enjoyed their latest release Exploding Head. It struck me as something Bender from The Breakfast Club would listen to. The album has a really nice background guitar pulse. They have a great lead singer whose smooth voice melds with the rough sound very well.
Exploding Head has a big, loud sound that certainly does seem deliberate in its loudness. Smart and musical. However, I would be interested to see their progress after a few more albums. Although I did enjoy Exploding Head, I thought that a few things could be tightened or improved upon. They don’t have quite the same precision as some of my favorite bands. I just think they’ve got some room to grow that I hope they take advantage of.
I also couldn’t help noticing that when looking them up online (their website and MySpace profile) they offered little to no personal information. Not that I want to know where they live so I can stand outside their window holding homemade muffins that spell out the name of the band. But I’m always interested in how the band formed, who their members are beyond their names and what their musical interests and motivations are. I hope in the future they realize that fans want more than tour dates and news acclaiming their performances, although both are also important.
A Place to Bury Strangers Announce New Album
A Place To Bury Strangers release their sophomore album, “Exploding Head” via Mute October 6, 2009.
Fall tour dates:
7/18/09 Coney Island, NY @ Siren Festival
10/4/09 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s^
10/5/09 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel^
10/6/09 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506^
10/7/09 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn^
10/8/09 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder^
10/9/09 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks^
10/10/09 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada^
10/11/09 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk^
10/13/09 Tucson, AZ @ Plush^
10/15/09 San Diego, CA @ Casbah^
10/16/09 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo^
10/17/09 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent*
10/18/09 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge*
10/19/09 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café*
10/20/09 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret*
10/22/09 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
10/23/09 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge*
10/25/09 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird*
10/26/09 Chicago, IL @ Double Door&
10/27/09 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club&
10/28/09 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore&
10/29/09 New York, NYC @ Bowery Ballroom&
10/30/09 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs&
^with Darker My Love & All the Saints
&with Dead Confederate & All the Saints
*with All the Saints
“Exploding Head” Tracklist:
It Is Nothing
In Your Heart
Lost Feeling
Deadbeat
Keep Slipping Away
Ego Death
Smile When You Smile
Everything Always Goes Wrong
Exploding Head
I Live My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart