It is utterly incredible. APTBS is constantly on tour and yet they manage to not only change line-up, release a series of singles, but also work on a new album. What is more, the steady part of the band, Oliver Ackerman, also proves to be behind Death By Audio which used to be a concert hall, studio, guitar effects pedal factory and more. Death By Audio still exists in some form and Ackerman decided that the new release of his band would come as a synthesizer that you have to assemble yourself. Where does he find the time to come up with such ideas and to execute them? “Synthesizer” also seems to come available as 12″ in the near future.
The album opens with the great track “Disgust” which has been released as a single before. It sounds like the band sounds live: energetic and noisy. While concerts are always extremely noisy events, recorded, the band shows its softer side. Sometimes. “Synthesizer” contains the noise rock side that we love APTBS for, but also softer (‘shoegaze’?) side and more electropunk type experiments.
Not all tracks are brilliant, but a couple of them are. “Synthesizer” is yet another very nice album. And if you have not seen the band live yet, be sure to get out your earplugs and go and hear and see them when they are in your vicinity. With their touring schedule, that should not take too long.
Links: A Place To Bury Strangers, DedStrange
