Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be swallowed whole by your television set and turn into a Max Headroom-styled character? New York City band A Place to Bury Strangers did just that for their video for “Keep Slipping Away.” It's a strange, retro-modern clip heavy on cumbersome studio equipment and mad scientist antics that seem to lend a slight nod to Thomas Dolby.

A Place to Bury Strangers plays tonight at El Rey Theatre with The Big Pink.

Max Headroom:

Thomas Dolby “She Blinded Me with Science”

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