Is all that's left to pick up the pieces and re-arange them in a new way? NYC's a place to bury strangers are certainly not doing anything new but it does sound somewhat different.

They name check Crowley, build their own effects pedals and a few of the band members were previously involved in the tuneful drone pioneers Skywave and Ceremony. Interesting!

With an ode to noise rock/shoegaze of their alumni My Bloody Valentine and a nod to the best in 80's doom-pop, the genre has never sounded as alive and contemporary and as fresh in their hands. Where Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth's noise and fuzz sometimes becomes pummeling, A Place to Bury Strangers try to level it out with reverberation and warm ambience and distortion and never dip into the shrillness and primitive hooks that other bands would only think second nature.

Their self titled album comes at a time when there is an abundance of shoe gazing post rocks bands, they stand out because they distill everything to it's finest elements and with an epic live set as well, notoriety was never far away.

On single 'The Falling Sun' they combine moody 80's pop with wailing guitars and deathly drums and surrounding ambient distortion. 'To Fix the Gash in Your Head' uses double kick drums to great effect and echoing vocals to evoke a understanding of power and mystery.

However it's not perfect, all of there songs are too similar for the album to become seminal and does not make for much repeat listening.