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Noise, dark territories, and a double bill: A Place To Bury Strangers and Kontravoid return to Control on Wednesday, April 15. New York City’s A Place To Bury Strangers has been thrilling audiences for nearly two decades, fusing post-punk, noise-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, and avant-garde energy in startling, unpredictable ways. Fans all over the globe know: Oliver Ackermann always brings surprises. The singer and guitarist of APTBS and founder of Death By Audio, creator of signal-scrambling stomp boxes and visionary instrument effects, he’s exported that excitement and invention to other artists who plug into his gear and blow minds. He’s also refreshed the group’s lineup, adding bassist John Fedowitz and drummer Sandra Fedowitz, and the band has never sounded more current, or more courageous, or more accessible, melodic. The Hologram EP is the first release from the new lineup — and the first on Dedstrange — and it’s no overstatement to say that the reaction has been ecstatic. Brooklyn Vegan praised Ackermann’s “terrific, emotive” singing, and lauded the group’s recent commitment to foregrounding its melodies and lyrics. Pitchfork, Flood, AllMusic: they’ve all lined up to call Hologram an example of the best work of a tireless band with a deep discography and an unquenchable drive to create challenging, unprecedented music. They released their highly anticipated sixth album See Through You February 4, 2022 to their newly formed label Dedstrange to critical acclaim, and Synthesizer in 2024. In concert, A Place To Bury Strangers is nothing short of astounding — a shamanistic experience that bathes listeners in glorious sound, crazed left turns, transcendent vibrations, real-time experiments, brilliant breakthroughs.
About
Noise, dark territories, and a double bill: A Place To Bury Strangers and Kontravoid return to Control on Wednesday, April 15. New York City’s A Place To Bury Strangers has been thrilling audiences for nearly two decades, fusing post-punk, noise-rock, shoegaze, psychedelia, and avant-garde energy in startling, unpredictable ways. Fans all over the globe know: Oliver Ackermann always brings surprises. The singer and guitarist of APTBS and founder of Death By Audio, creator of signal-scrambling stomp boxes and visionary instrument effects, he’s exported that excitement and invention to other artists who plug into his gear and blow minds. He’s also refreshed the group’s lineup, adding bassist John Fedowitz and drummer Sandra Fedowitz, and the band has never sounded more current, or more courageous, or more accessible, melodic. The Hologram EP is the first release from the new lineup — and the first on Dedstrange — and it’s no overstatement to say that the reaction has been ecstatic. Brooklyn Vegan praised Ackermann’s “terrific, emotive” singing, and lauded the group’s recent commitment to foregrounding its melodies and lyrics. Pitchfork, Flood, AllMusic: they’ve all lined up to call Hologram an example of the best work of a tireless band with a deep discography and an unquenchable drive to create challenging, unprecedented music. They released their highly anticipated sixth album See Through You February 4, 2022 to their newly formed label Dedstrange to critical acclaim, and Synthesizer in 2024. In concert, A Place To Bury Strangers is nothing short of astounding — a shamanistic experience that bathes listeners in glorious sound, crazed left turns, transcendent vibrations, real-time experiments, brilliant breakthroughs.