Synthesizer

A Place to Bury Strangers

Synthesizer

Seventh album from the New York–based noise rock band led by Oliver Ackermann

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Ded Strange
UK Release date
04/10/2024
US Release date
04/10/2024
  1. 8.5 |   Under The Radar

    Expect the unexpected—as with every A Place to Bury Strangers release—but never leave disappointed
    Read Review

  2. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    10 wonderfully intense songs. Print edition only

  3. 7.3 |   Paste Magazine

    On the Brooklyn band's sixth LP, gear nerd, pedal designer and student of alternative rock Oliver Ackermann is still committed to music’s human processes: the trial and error, the experimentation with bandmates, playing live
    Read Review

  4. 7.0 |   Far Out

    Besides the intriguing sonic developments, Synthesizer proves the band’s ability to transform everyday musings and difficulties into art
    Read Review

  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    While 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. Print edition only

  6. 6.4 |   Spectrum Culture

    The effects rig does a lot to carry Synthesizer, much as it has every other A Place to Bury Strangers album. For the first time in a while, though, the songs are starting to keep pace with the gear
    Read Review


blog comments powered by Disqus

Watch it

Roll over video for more options

Hear it

Latest Reviews

More reviews