Get Out Tuesday: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Chop Suey
Brooklyn trio A Place to Bury Strangers bills themselves as "the loudest band in New York," but that's not exactly true. A band's loudness is of course the product of several factors, the volume and intensity assuredly a function of the sound system every night they play, or the sound guy, or the venue itself. So perhaps it's more accurate to describe APtBS as "the effects-pedaliest band in New York" or "the My Bloody Valentiney-est band in New York." Because both of those claims are true, without a doubt.
With the sheer number of effects pedals hand-crafted and custom-designed by frontman Oliver Ackermann, the result is an aural assault of white noise, a la My Bloody Valentine or The Jesus and Mary Chain, with just a hint of Bauhaus and perhaps a little more jangle. They're shoegazey, but there's also some post-punk influence, and they're definitely not afraid to unabashedly rock out.
A Place to Bury Strangers is actually opening for Holy Fuck Tuesday night. For a long time the Chop Suey calendar had APtBS as the headliners, but that changed sometime in the past ten days. We saw Holy Fuck two weeks ago when they opened for Super Furry Animals, and while the music (catchy electro noise rock) was good, they weren't the most exciting band to watch, and they didn't seem to really get into it, interacting with the crowd and each other, till the end of their half-hour set. That doesn't bode well for a headlining slot. If anything, we'd like to see the two bands flipped on the bill, but whatevs, we're going all the same.
Any claims of who's loudest aside, don't forget your earplugs.
9pm // Chop Suey // 1325 E Madison // $10 // 21+
