''Transfixiation'' is the fourth studio album by the American
noise rock
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, artists indulge in extrem ...
band
A Place to Bury Strangers, released February 17, 2015, by
Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans is an American independent record label formed in 2007 and based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Dead Oceans is part of Secretly Group, which also ...
.
Singles and music videos
The album was preceded by the singles "Straight", released November 19, 2014, and "We've Come So Far", released January 14, 2015. 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. The "We've Come So Far" video was released February 19, 2015, and contains footage of the last show at
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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concert venue
Death By Audio which was directed by the venue's co-founder Matt Conboy.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
*
Oliver Ackermann – vocals, guitar, bass
*
Dion Lunadon – bass, guitar, backing vocals (8)
* Robi Gonzalez – drums
*
Emil Nikolaisen
Emil Nikolaisen (born 4 February 1977 in Moi, Norway) is a musician and producer from Norway. He is frontman, bandleader, songwriter, guitarist & singer of the well-known Norwegian alternative rock band Serena-Maneesh.
Nikolaisen has previously ...
– 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
{{A Place to Bury Strangers
2015 albums
A Place to Bury Strangers albums
Dead Oceans albums