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Onwards to the Wall

A Place to Bury Strangers

Onwards to the Wall

This EP sees the Brooklyn noise trio delving further into their psychedelic wall-of-sound identity

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6.7

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
05/03/2012
US Release date
07/02/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Sounds like a band well aware of how it is the sole purveyor of a certain style of shoegaze to an audience starving for the stuff
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    There are no B-sides really on Onwards to the Wall: everything is nearly top shelf
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  3. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    With moments of breathing room and stripped melodies, APTBS continue subtle explorations of their strengths and the conflict between cacophony and harmony
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  4. 8.0 |   Prefix

    A restatement of relevance, a testament to strong songwriting, and ultimately, a legacy enhancer that they desperately needed
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  5. 8.0 |   Blurt

    From the roaring opener to the spooky peddle-to-the-metal title track to the industrial-tinged closer, this is one gloomy band with a bright future
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  6. 7.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    A Place To Bury Strangers have finally compiled a work that is free from the monotony of their early efforts
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Pummelling percussion, feedback and flashes of electronics. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Oliver Ackerman’s motivation for the project at this moment in time seems to be to investigate what a logical end to all rock and roll could be, exploring textures and melodies that are as uncomfortable as they are uncompromising
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  9. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    If Exploding Head prompted fears the band might reign in the noise, they were unfounded
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  10. 5.8 |   Pitchfork

    Color-by-numbers post punk that uses too many grays and not enough pure blacks
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  11. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    APTBS has been reduced to a glossed over shadow of their former selves
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