A Place To Bury Strangers (USA) Returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in February

Giants of high intensity, amp-obliterating noise-rock / heavy psych for more than two decades, A Place To Bury Strangers are making a momentous return to Aotearoa New Zealand following the launch of their latest album Synthesizer, which famously sports a "unique cover that can be assembled into a noise synthesizer." Fronted by audio innovator Oliver Ackermann — founder of effects pedal company Death By Audio — with John and Sandra Fedowitz, the NYC collective have locked in summer headline dates at Pōneke's Meow on 11th February and Tāmaki Makaurau's Double Whammy on 12th February.

A Place To Bury Strangers' connection to Aotearoa's musical community runs deep. The D4's Dion Lunadon was a member of APTBS for a full decade, they recently remixed a track by NZ noiseniks Swallow The Rat, and Ackermann's Dedstrange imprint has released boundary-pushing works by EU-based expats The Pleasure Majenta and Data Animal. Thinking outside the box, APTBS have invited Tāmaki's dungeon techno trio Grecco Romank to open for both their upcoming NZ dates, which already look to be a highlight of our 2026 gig calendar. Definitely a pair of gigs to bring earplugs along to, co-presented by Meow Touring...

UnderTheRadar proudly presents...

A Place To Bury Strangers
with support from Grecco Romank

Wednesday 11th February - Meow,  Wellington 
Thursday 12th February - Double Whammy, Auckland 

Auckland tickets on sale HERE via UTR
Wellington tickets on sale via meowtouring.com

Experience 'You Got Me' from A Place To Bury Strangers' 2024 album Synthesizer...

Here's Grecco Romank's wild video for 2024 anthem 'Human Bin'...

Listen up to A Place To Bury Strangers' latest album Synthesizer...

Press release:

A Place To Bury Strangers return to Aotearoa with their explosive new album Synthesizer — a record built on chaos, colour, and pure DIY spirit. Synthesizer isn’t just the title of their seventh album; it’s also a custom-built instrument created specifically for it. “It’s pretty messed up, chaotic… but it feels really human,” says frontman Oliver Ackermann. The album celebrates spontaneity, collaboration, and the kind of raw noise that can only come from a band locked in together.

Written in the band’s Queens studio after a refreshed lineup — Ackermann with John and Sandra Fedowitz — Synthesizer cracks open and reimagines the signature APTBS sound in vivid new ways. It’s romantic, raw, unsteady, and built for the stage, where the band’s legendary walls of sound hit with full force.

A Place To Bury Strangers’ two-date NZ tour kicks off in Pōneke on Wed 11 Feb at Meow, wrapping Thu 12 Feb in Tāmaki Makaurau at Double Whammy.