Transfixiation
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{{Infobox album
| name = Transfixiation
| type = studio
| artist = A Place to Bury Strangers
| cover = Transfixiation.jpg
| alt = A translucent pink square over a series of intersecting gray and purple lines.
| released = February 17, 2015
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Noise rock
| length = 39:14
| label = Dead Oceans
| producer =
- A Place to Bury Strangers
- Emil Nikolaisen
| prev_title = Strange Moon
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Pinned
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Transfixiation
| type = studio
| single1 = Straight
| single1date = November 19, 2014
| single2 = We've Come So Far
| single2date = January 14, 2015
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| title =Transfixiation ratings
| rev1 =The A.V. Club
| rev2 =Consequence of Sound
| rev3 =DIY
| rev4 =Exclaim!
| rev5 =The Line of Best Fit
| rev6 =Paste
| rev7 =Pitchfork
| rev8 =PopMatters
| rev9 =Spin
| rev10=Under the Radar
| noprose =
}}
Transfixiation is the fourth studio album by the American noise rock band A Place to Bury Strangers, released February 17, 2015, by Dead Oceans.
Singles and music videos
The album was preceded by the singles "Straight", released November 19, 2014,{{Cite news |last=Shafer |first=Cody Ray |date=November 19, 2014 |title=A Place to Bury Strangers Announce New Album, Share New Song |work=Under the Radar |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/a_place_to_bury_strangers_announce_new_album_share_new_song |access-date=June 22, 2022}} and "We've Come So Far", released January 14, 2015.{{Cite news |last=Alm |first=Johan |date=January 14, 2015 |title=A Place to Bury Strangers Stream New Single "We've Come So Far" |work=DIY |url=https://diymag.com/2015/01/14/a-place-to-bury-strangers-stream-new-single-weve-come-so-far |access-date=June 22, 2022}} Both songs received music videos: the video for "Straight" was released December 6, 2014, directed by Brook Linder, and features a TV station's signal being hijacked in order to display "a nightmare of analog psychedelia and haunted pop culture imagery", inspired by the Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion of 1987.{{Cite news |last=De Nardo |first=Will |date=December 6, 2014 |title=A Place to Bury Strangers - "Straight" |work=Far Out |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/a-place-to-bury-strangers-straight/ |access-date=June 22, 2022}} The "We've Come So Far" video was released February 19, 2015, and contains footage of the last show at Williamsburg, Brooklyn concert venue Death By Audio which was directed by the venue's co-founder Matt Conboy.{{Cite news |last=Dransfield |first=Scott |date=February 19, 2015 |title=Watch: A Place to Bury Strangers - "We've Come So Far" Video |work=Under the Radar |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/watch_a_place_to_bury_strangers_-_weve_come_so_far_video |access-date=June 22, 2022}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Transfixiation track listing
| total_length= 39:14
| title1 = Supermaster
| length1 = 3:21
| title2 = Straight
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Love High
| length3 = 1:55
| title4 = What We Don't See
| length4 = 2:25
| title5 = Deeper
| length5 = 6:08
| title6 = Lower Zone
| length6 = 2:31
| title7 = We've Come So Far
| length7 = 5:07
| title8 = Now It's Over
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = I'm So Clean
| length9 = 2:41
| title10 = Fill the Void
| length10 = 4:21
| title11 = I Will Die
| length11 = 3:14
}}
Personnel
= Musicians =
- Oliver Ackermann – vocals, guitar, bass
- Dion Lunadon – bass, guitar, backing vocals (8)
- Robi Gonzalez – drums
- Emil Nikolaisen – guitar (5, 7)
- Emilie Lium Vordal – vocals (5, 7)
= Technical =
- A Place to Bury Strangers – producers, recording engineers
- Emil Nikolaisen – producer (5, 7)
- Oliver Ackermann – mastering engineer
- Miles Johnson – artwork, design
References
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{{A Place to Bury Strangers}}
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