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- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release from New York rock band A Place To Bury Strangers features a synthesizer built into the vinyl version's cover.
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- Record Label: Ded Strange
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Noise Pop, Shoegaze
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Oct 9, 2024A Place to Bury Strangers have created a record that covers all bases. Whether that be the full throttle, sonic assault of opener “Disgust,” similarly sculpted aural attack that’s “Bad Idea,” pulsating throb of “Have You Ever Been In Love,” or extra-sensory collision course of “Fear of Transformation,” which combines the whole lot, Synthesizer proves to be another worthy addition to the band’s canon of sonic expeditions.
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Oct 11, 2024It may not match See Through You's consistent brilliance, but at its best, Synthesizer delivers the noise for which A Place to Bury Strangers is known and quite a bit more.
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Record CollectorOct 9, 202410 wonderfully intense songs. [Nov 2024, p.99]
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Oct 28, 2024This is a remarkably fresh and original-sounding record, dense with all sorts of surprising and odd effects. Repeat listening and neighbor-friendly headphones vastly enhanced my appreciation for what A Place to Bury Strangers are doing.
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Oct 9, 2024Synthesizer’s performances are captivating enough to keep the attention away from its clunky lines.
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UncutOct 9, 2024While the songs sometimes get swallowed up in the maelstrom, Ackermann’s unit proves more than capable of manifesting a sort of grotty malevolence rarely heard since Killing Joke’s imperial phase. [Nov 2024, p.41]
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 11, 2024You don't come to this band foe an easy rode and a soothing soundtrack to while away the hours; you come to them to be pummelled with some horrible but mesmerising noise. And on Synthesizer they deliver in abundance once again. [Nov 2024, p.75]