A Place To Bury Strangers - Onwards To The Wall EP

One of my favourite (and loudest) bands ever A Place To Bury Strangers have a new EP out next week and are very generously giving punters a free pre-sale stream. If you're not familiar with APTBS I suggest you line up their first record, strap yourself to your chair and bite down hard on your tongue.

The new EP from the New Yoikers noise makers is a really fun five track. 'Fun' might not immediately seem like the optimum word to describe APTBS, but as with any difficult second album that smashes it out the park, any sequels are going to be 'difficult second album' to the power of 8. Onwards To The Wall is totally fun.

At their core APTBS are a guitarist who makes his own ridiculous noise pedals and likes to show them off to large crowds of hipster children with the volume turned to 11. To their friends, they're an intricate and dark New York noise rock band who have smashed the shoegaze kids into humble (and frankly welcome) submission with their blend of 80s power metal and distorted sonicscapes. To be honest, you'd think it's a style of music that has limited diversity - but APTBS are absolutely capitalising on their ring-fenced intellectual property of the genre. There is nobody who has made this style of music better in the past 5 years and the latest  release doesn't succumb to the unnecessary qualms of 'third time unlucky' material. They also have sweet artwork, for maximum bonus points.

Take a listen and then buy the final bounce: