Exploding Head - A Place to Bury Strangers
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  • Summary: The second album for the Brooklyn rock band is its first on Mute Records.

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    A Place To Bury Strangers have managed to strike a perfect balance between noise and tune, and as a result created one of 2009's most ingenious records.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Exploding Head is a fine step forward for A Place to Bury Strangers, and shows they're among the best bands bringing shoegaze into the 21st century.
  3. Urb
    80
    Exploding Head is a movement deftly capturing atmospheric exuberance.
  4. Dusted Magazine
    60
    What A Place to Bury Strangers creates is satisfying, nothing more.

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  1. Vampire25
    9
    Exploding Head, in my opinion, is better than their self-titled debut. It's dark industrial sounding noise rock at it's best. It sorta has a new wave feel to it throughout the whole album. All In All, A Place To Bury Strangers has crafted a pretty strange, psychedelic mix of noise in Exploding Head.… Expand

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