A Place To Bury Strangers are back with a video for yet another release from their newest album Pinned, which promises to be one of the best albums of a very young 2018. The song features Oliver Wackermann and Lia Simone Braswell trading off vocals over a dissonant, simply aggressive guitar sequence. The song itself isn’t overly complicated though incorporates enough of the experimental energy that A Place To Bury Strangers has famously incorporated into their sound.
Describing the song, Wackerman expressed how we are all people, animals, inhabitants of our plant. It’s incredible to be alive, and “There’s Only One Of Us” perfectly encapsulates that sentiment. “The inspiration comes from the foghorn bass line, military drum beat, and kamikaze guitars that intimate a war taking place,” said video director Elizabeth Skadden. As she explains, the instrumental statue is a “totem” that the bands builds over the course of the video, which represents the work the trio does to create their art. She adds, “The lighting setups were inspired by a Fad Gadget performance from the 1980s, and films by Pedro Almodovar and Kathryn Bigelow.”
The band will be playing a very ambitious set of dates at SXSW this year, performing at least two shows every day between 3/15 and 3/18. The band then takes a break before returning for European dates and a summer 2018 tour.
A Place To Bury Strangers tour dates:
3/15 – Austin, TX – Side Bar (Outdoors) @ Fredricksburg All Ages Day Party
3/15 – Austin, TX – Waterloo Records
3/15 – Austin, TX – The Blackheart @ PledgeMusic/NoiseTrade/Current Day Party
3/15 – Austin, TX – Barracuda (Outdoor Stage) @ Secretly Group Official SXSW Showcase
3/15 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas Patio @ Levitation SXSW Official Showcase
3/16 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas Annex @ Northern Spy/Wharf Cat/11A Records Day Party
3/16 – Austin, TX – Lazarus Brewery @ Music For Listeners Day Party
3/16 – Austin, TX – Cheer Up Charlie’s @ Ad Hoc Official SXSW Showcase
3/17 – Austin, TX – Cheer Up Charlie’s @ Brooklyn Vegan Day Party
3/17 – Austin, TX – Whole Foods Market Rooftop @ Quantum Collective Southwest Invasion
3/17 – Austin, TX – Sidewinder (Outdoors) @ Pianos Day Party
3/18 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage (Garage Stage) @ Chili Dog Fest
3/18 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas (Main Stage) @ Burgermania
4/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere [Pinned Record Release] w/ Surfbort & Conduit
4/18 – Wiesbaden, Germany – Alter Schlachthof
4/19 – Bern, Switzerland – ISC
4/20 – Giavera Del Montello, Italy – Bemicio Live Gigs
4/21 – Bologna, Italy – Freakout Club
4/22 – Turin, Italy – Spazio 211
4/24 – Winterthur, Switzerland 0 Salzhaus
4/25 – Lyon, France – Marche Gare
4/26 – Paris, France – Le Trabendo
4/27 – Amiens, France – La Lune Des Pirates
4/28 – Dortmund, Germany 0 FZW
4/29 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix Bar
5/01 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doonroosje
5/02 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Noord
5/04 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Small
5/05 – Oslo, Norway – BLAA
5/07 – Berlin, Germany – Bi Nuu
5/08 – Hamburg, Germany – Logo
5/10 – London, UK – The Garage
5/24 – Washington, DC – DC9 w/ Prettiest Eyes & Buck Gooter
5/25 – Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery w/ Prettiest Eyes & Thrushes
5/26 – Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade w/ Prettiest Eyes & Lacy Jags
5/27 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight w/ Prettiest Eyes & Lacy Jags
5/28 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl w/ Prettiest Eyes & Nest Egg
5/30 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa w/ Prettiest Eyes & Trashlight
5/31 – Houston, TX – The Secret Group w/ Prettiest Eyes & Narcons
6/01 – Austin, TX – Barracuda w/ Prettiest Eyes & Xetas
6/02 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada w/ Prettiest Eyes
6/03 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger w/ Prettiest Eyes & My Education
6/05 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf w/ Prettiest Eyes
6/06 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar w/ Sextile & Strange Lot
6/07 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah w/ Sextile & Keepers
6/09 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent w/ Sextile & Prettiest Eyes
6/10 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall w/ Sextile & Prettiest Eyes
6/12 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios w/ Sextile & Tender Age
6/13 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret w/ Sextile Dopey’s Robe
6/14 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile w/ Sextile & Haunted Horses
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
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