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Worship

A Place To Bury Strangers

2012 · Rock

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Worship by A Place To Bury Strangers

Worship is an Alt/Indie album by A Place To Bury Strangers, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.

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Working in a black and gray palette of volume overkill and distortion, A Place to Bury Strangers could hardly have chosen a more restrictive milieu. Once you’ve shown you can sustain rhythms that threaten to dissolve under layers of corrosive murk or carve something like a pop melody out of a swirling abyss, what’s left? This Brooklyn band isn’t afraid to find out. On <i>Worship</i>, it borrows the taut early post-punk of Wire’s more experimental side, along with the cavernous, rhythmic grooves of Joy Division. It hones the edges of staccato bass lines and spark-throwing guitar noise until everything burns bright white. The heat generated by the friction on tunes like “Revenge” and “Leaving Tomorrow” is as blinding as it is deafening, while the gleaming “You Are the One” moves in a silvery streak before it melts into a puddle of steaming black ooze. The industrial gray of the first half of “Dissolved” suddenly turns pink, as the last two minutes bubble—surprisingly—with fantastically airy, glittering guitar. The willingness of APTBS to be bold and daring while staying inside the boundaries of its chosen sound garden is a beautiful thing indeed.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Alone2:28
  2. A2You Are The One4:10
  3. A3Mind Control3:15
  4. A4Worship3:56
  5. A5Fear4:54
  6. A6Why I Can't Cry Anymore3:40

Side B

  1. B1Dissolved5:27
  2. B2Revenge5:06
  3. B3And I'm Up3:47
  4. B4Slide3:47
  5. B5Leaving Tomorrow4:08

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Shoegaze
  • distorted
  • dark
  • nocturnal

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Pressed on translucent "blue death" colored vinyl.
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a download code.
Pre-orders from the label came with a 17×22" poster of the album artwork.
Was also sold as a "Deluxe Bundle" direct from Dead Oceans and included the poster, CD album, and You Are The One 7" vinyl.
Allen Blickle appears courtesy of Baroness and Relapse Records.
Thanks: Steven Matrick, Lynn and Ernie Ackermann, Alyssa Hammer, Karl and Eun-Ha, Heather B, Diana Hammer, Callie and Nick, Josh and Celeste, Loic Humbert, Geoff Palmer, Loren and Khalid, The Ackermann Family, Jay Space, Jono Mofo, Tim and Jackey, Justin Avery, Dave, Juicy D, Gavin Haag, Matt Conboy, Travis Johnson, Edan Wilber, Jamie and Lauren, John Fedowitz, Paul Baker, Aaron Wheeler, Jamez Day, Phil Waldorf, Eric Deines, Lyssa Thompson, Abe Morris, Chris Swanson, Adrian Janssens, Amy Davidman, Steve Zapp, Amer McKenzie, James Minor, Craig Averill, Kevin Bodenheimer, Dan Coleman, Andrew Youssef, Gandhar Savur, Jon Whitney, Manny and Glenna, Vanessa and Siobhan, The Wilson Brothers, Mack Moody, Alex Bellows, Billy Sorrentino and Brothers, Dan Mancini, Aaron Lucy, Angela Cefaratti, Alanna Nuala, French Miami, Grooms, Sisters, Fuck Ton, Baroness, The Immaculates, Billy Ludwig, Holly, Grant Manship, Jeremiah Kuglar, Luisa Black, JDK Blacker, Kate Cook, Leks Bergmann, Scott Cornish, Sam Donahue, The Blacks, Todd Eckert, Young Prisms, Brandon, Emily, Jimmy Xmas, Vaughan Williams, Shayne Carter, Trilby Crowther, John Baker, Bill Fitzgerald, Janell Waddington and Gypsies Rising, Mark and Steph, Sad Day for Puppets, Vinita, Nina, Graham Sutton, Uncle Syl, Denis and Lois, Dan and Tanya, Spencer Bewley, Robi Gonzalez, Nicola Searle, Mike McCarthy, Davey Pockets, Gabe and Leola, Jimmy Himes, Mike Blaine, Kreegan, Kevin Abbondondelo, Joe Kelly, Katie Murphy, The Cat with No Name, Main Drag Music, Holy Fuck, The Prids, Heathcliff Berru, Adam Marx, John and Takako, All The Saints, Sweet Willy, Jason Craig, Trent Reznor, Jochem, Gozwin, The Black Angels, The Crocodiles, Sprindrift, and Serena Maneesh.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Allen BlickleDRUMS
  • Chris CrawfordDRUMS
  • Cyrus LubinDRUMS
  • Dion LunadonBASS, VOCALS, GUITAR , OTHER BASS, VOCALS, GUITAR, OTHER DRUMS
  • Gavin HaagDRUMS
  • Oliver AckermannDRUM MACHINE GUITAR , VOCALS, BASS GUITAR, VOCALS, BASS

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