A Place To Bury Strangers in Oxford

A Place To Bury Strangers is an American noise-rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2002 by guitarist and singer Oliver Ackermann. Their music draws on shoegaze, post-punk and psychedelia, pairing dense guitar distortion with songs including “To Fix the Gash in Your Head” and “I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart.” Their principal albums include A Place to Bury Strangers, Exploding Head, Worship and Transfixiation. In 2008, the band opened for Nine Inch Nails on US arena dates. They performed at Coachella the following year, then maintained an extensive schedule of club, theatre and festival shows around successive album releases. Their concerts are full-band performances marked by high volume, strobe projections and Ackermann carrying his guitar into the audience. His effects pedals are made by the company and Brooklyn venue he co-founded, Death by Audio.