''Transfixiation'' is the fourth studio album by the American

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band A Place to Bury Strangers, released February 17, 2015, by

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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 The Max Headroom signal hijacking occurred on the night of November 22, 1987, when the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, were hijacked, briefly sending a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom ...

of 1987. The "We've Come So Far" video was released February 19, 2015, and contains footage of the last show at

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concert venue

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which was directed by the venue's co-founder Matt Conboy.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Oliver Ackermann Oliver Edward Ackermann (born November 22, 1976) is an American rock musician, who is the founder of the Brooklyn-based effects pedal company Death By Audio and is guitarist and vocalist for A Place to Bury Strangers, a rock band hailed as "t ...

– vocals, guitar, bass *

Dion Lunadon Dion Lunadon (born 4 March 1976) is a New Zealand born musician. He is known for being the guitarist and singer of The D4 and bass player in A Place To Bury Strangers. He is also known for his high energy and often unpredictable stage presence ...

– bass, guitar, backing vocals (8) * Robi Gonzalez – drums * Emil Nikolaisen – 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