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Peace Burial at Sea
12+ albums
post-rockpost-hardcoreProgressive rockshoegazeexperimental
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Originating in rural Northumberland before migrating to Newcastle, PBaS used small town experiences to create their dynamic post-rock tinged first album This is Such a Quiet Town, released on Mekong Delta records and then later through Captains of Industry. Critically acclaimed (Kerrang! gave it 'KKKK'), it gained airplay on Radio 1 with John Peel, Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq, has featured on the latest Suicide Girls DVD, and has led to several UK tours alongside Hell is for Heroes, Rotherham's thisGIRL and the phenomenal 65daysofstatic. Since then, PBaS have buried themselves in the studio working closely with their producers, electro song-smiths Trafik to create the sharply produced, grimly spooked up, snarling, schizophrenic record Peace Burial at Sea. At times it meanders slowly, creating melancholic soundscapes of abandoned cities and the smoking wreckage of war before exploding with vitriol, spitting fury through the speakers. There is a strong flavour of the horror movie here, Carpenter-esque synth lines echo throughout the album whilst one of the stand-out tracks, single B-Movie Karma is ignited by its theramin drenched intro. Originally, there was a concept: one man left behind in a post-apocalyptic world - the death of the species - but as the project continued, this was abandoned as the band came to see their subjects and themes were all too present in the world today to make good fantasy. Instead, what we hear is a statement of discontent. Nonetheless, PBaS are
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albums
This Is Such a Quiet Town
Peace Burial At Sea
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Czarina Catherine (Single)
Czarina Catherine
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This Is Such A Quite Town
They Kill Us for Their Sport / Bmovie Karma
A Slow Attack, Pt. 1
A Slow Attack, Pt. 2
Czarine Catherine (Single)
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Czarine Catherine
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They Kill Us For Their Sport - CD Single
They Kill Us for Their Sport