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9.0
73164
9.0 |
Art Rocker
A must listen for those who like their rock music fuelled with raw cutting edge
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8.0
73014
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It represents another giant step forwards in A Place To Bury Strangers' continual evolution
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8.0
73016
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
For a band so obsessed with death, and its erotic possibilities, they sound utterly alive on Transfixiation
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8.0
73397
8.0 |
All Music
Some of their darkest and most diverse music yet
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8.0
73501
8.0 |
Earbuddy
Find yourself a nearly destroyed convertible, put on Transfixiation as loud as the stereo will allow, light it on fire, and prepare for one hell of a ride
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8.0
73519
8.0 |
Crack
Challenging, resolute and utterly, utterly brilliant
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8.0
73664
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Essentially Transfixiation is the musical equivalent of a red hot curry – it hurts so bad, it feels so good, and when you’ve finished it, you’re glad it’s over and you can’t wait to do it again
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7.5
73089
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With Transfixiation, they’ve provided a compelling rebuke to their detractors; once again, there’s no shortage of consideration behind the chaos
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7.5
73215
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Another step forward in A Place To Bury Strangers’ evolution from brutal experimentalists to more pop-conscious noise rockers.
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7.0
73171
7.0 |
Exclaim
There's a decidedly rawer energy to the recordings on Transfixiation, but one that still employs expansive production to deliver the various sonic assaults with the most hi-def destruction
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7.0
73284
7.0 |
Spin
They've never made a bad album even if normal listeners have decided they only need one or two of them. Transfixiation might not be one of those two
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6.8
73262
6.8 |
Paste Magazine
The dark emotions at the core of Transfixiation can be the stuff of potent songs no matter the noise level of the music
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6.5
73498
6.5 |
The 405
There is is plenty of guitar gear geekery on Transfixiation to keep a certain kind fanatic happy, a certain kind of music lover who likes his guitars loud, brash and so fuzzy it rattles your teeth
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6.0
73575
6.0 |
The Quietus
The scrapes and shards of guitars that are lost on the first and second and maybe even third listen, eventually emerge as though they've been laying dormant there all alon
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6.0
74249
6.0 |
Beardfood
Their worst album, an album that neither squeals nor screams at you
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6.0
73218
6.0 |
NME
'Transfixiation' fares better when it erupts into white noise, as on guitar freakout 'We've Come So Far' and punk attack 'I'm So Clean
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6.0
73248
6.0 |
State
Tonally the album feels far too somber, with the band’s exploration of their dark side as subtle as a sledge-hammer
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6.0
73205
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Transfixiation generally features fairly quick songs that don't wallow too much in self-indulgent noisemaking
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6.0
73015
6.0 |
musicOMH
Transfixiation sounds, in places, like a band that are occasionally struggling with their own identity
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6.0
73141
6.0 |
Uncut
Not one original note but big fun for feedback fetishists. Print edition only
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6.0
73142
6.0 |
Q
A strangely comforting presence in an otherwise turbulent world. Print edition only
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6.0
73017
6.0 |
The Skinny
Distinctly lacking though is a sense of urgency or purpose; Transfixiation keeps the 30 year-old racket going but without really adding much to the blueprint
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5.5
73086
5.5 |
Pitchfork
APTBS’ progress as a band only serves to expose the underlying one-dimensionality of their actual songwriting
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5.0
73152
5.0 |
PopMatters
The volume and aggression are still there, but without any textures or atmospherics to give that aggression character, it all makes for an often-dull experience
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5.0
73776
5.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
If you actually want to like A Place To Bury Strangers instead of just remaining devoted to them, better check out their first album
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5.0
73782
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A slew of fist-pumping melodies charged with righteous anger, overdriven to the point where you feel heat coming off the speakers and swear you can probably kick the whole world’s ass
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4.2
73018
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s not a bad or poorly constructed release by any means, but it is emotionally monotonous
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4.0
73082
4.0 |
NOW
Lazy through and through despite throwing up waves of explosive sex-and-death rock and roll
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4.0
73159
4.0 |
DIY
Demands a trance-like attention across its duration, but very little sticks once the ride is over
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