A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (US) - Dec 3rd, 2008 (1 Viewer)

[FOREVERpresents]

FOREVER presents

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
plus guests
Dec. 3rd, 2008
Andrews Lane Theatre, Dublin
Doors: 8pm
Over 18's.
Tickets: €15.50 inc booking fee
Onsale tomorrow from www.tickets.ie and Sept 9th from Ticketmaster.

A Place To Bury Strangers have often been called "the loudest band in New York". This may very well be the case, but unlike much so-called "loud" rock and roll that's out there, APTBS is not loud simply for the sake of it. The sonically overdriven sound they've accomplished is no clumsy accident, but a carefully cultivated and well-maintained entity all its own, fostered by an unbridled passion that's clearly evident in every live show they play and each recording they make. A Place To Bury Strangers does not so much play songs as allow them to pour out. They are songs about longing, heartbreak and confusion played extremely well and at a passionately loud volume.

www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers
www.foreverpresents.ie

 

[Lillian]

Fuckin A, excellent

 

[nEiLo]

cool!

 

[rothko]

*Swoon*
They were fantastic at ATP..

 

[Unclealo]

Heard these were great

 

[flynnduism]

aw, same night as Mastodon.

they were good at primavera, though not as loud as i'd expected/hoped

 

[UnaRocks]

AWESOME!!!!

 

[Moods For Mallards]

I only have a few songs but I very much like those songs.
So, what I'm saying is "good".

 

[DeadFlowerRecs]

this is going to an amazing show.

especially after recruitin willie to play extra guitars.

 

[trev]

this is going to an amazing show.

especially after recruitin willie to play extra guitars.

willie o'dea?

 

[rettucs]

what are stage times for this. I have 2 gigs to go to tonite and need to see if I can make some of both of them.

 

[UnaRocks]

doors are at 8

 

[trev]

first band at 6.

 

[trev]

first band at 6.

looks like i might have been right there.

arrived down at 9.30, bouncer tells us the last band are just on...10.05 gig over. WTF???

anyone know what time they actually started? or is this APTBS's thing?

 

[rettucs]

looks like i might have been right there.

arrived down at 9.30, bouncer tells us the last band are just on...10.05 gig over. WTF???

anyone know what time they actually started? or is this APTBS's thing?

they started at 9:29pm exactly.

I had to leave at 9:55pm. At that stage they still hadn't turned on the singer's mic.

seems I didn't miss much. I enjoyed the bit I saw. Probably would have liked it more if it wasn't all instrumental.

fuck me though, it was loud. When I left you could hear it half-way up exchequer st. Deffo time to invest in ear-plugs

 

[Jill Hives]

Okay, so I didn't miss much. They were brilliant in NYC a few years back. I only 'had' (RIP music collection) one album that I loved.

 

[trev]

was there a support band last night?

 

[flynnduism]

Percolator and Sweet Jane supported

APTBS started off fairly poor, vocals really low (even bu shoegazey standards). Was hard to distinguish what songs were being played with the sound essentially being noise and drums

The last few songs were better, and the closer was deadly (15+ mins); the guitarist tore off his strings amid mid-song antics; rubbing them off the pickups for some mad feedback and doing some FX knob-twiddling before locating a second guitar to finish the song

They only played for 35 mins, most of it a mess... but the theatrical finish redeemed it a bit

 

[rettucs]

was there a support band last night?

yes, but lets not go there

 

[Moods For Mallards]

yes, but lets not go there

They're so cool, scutter. Really dark.