A Place To Bury Strangers

See Through You

As with all five of its predecessors, See Through You is a dish best served whole, as long as one is prepared for some unexpected moments.

See Through You is like an impressionist painting, where you have to stand back to get to the whole picture, to see past the head banging and enjoy the melodic songwriting that is at the root of the record.

After numerous lineup changes, this album feels like Ackerman’s hitting of reset button has finally worked, and the project is continuing down the intriguing path started last year resulting in a hell of a comeback album.

After an hour of ear aerobics, you leave the album with the sense that Ackerman has reached catharsis with his grievances and his hopes, and his bandmates have fully scratched the itch to make some noise, beautiful and strange as it is.

At times, See Through You is a painful listen, but that’s part of A Place To Bury Strangers’ attraction: never for the faint-hearted.

If APTBS have fallen off your radar in recent years, then this is the one worth reintroducing yourself to their work.

It's familiar territory but there's plenty to enjoy being pummelled by here.

See Through You is fully stocked with post-punk basslines, jagged rhythm tracks, squalling guitars, disembodied vocals, and nonsensical lyrics, then dressed in a thick sludge of dissonant guitar gruel that are all trademarks of A Place to Bury Strangers.