A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS RELEASE 13th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SOPHOMORE ALBUM EXPLODING HEAD
Brooklyn trio’s uncompromising 2009 album expanded and newly remastered,
featuring ten bonus tracks including rarities, unreleased material, and three blistering covers
Out now on Mute/BMG and available in Deluxe 2-LP, 2-CD, and digital formats,
with an exclusive Death by Audio Pedal Bundle available from Reverb
In celebration of Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition),
APTBS will be performing songs off the album on tour in Asia (Nov.) and Europe (Jan./Feb.)
cover art for Deluxe Edition 2-LP set of Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition)
Click here to watch new video for first single “Take It All”
Click here to watch new visualizer for second single “Don't Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)”
Brooklyn, NY (October 21, 2022)─Brooklyn post-punk legends A Place To Bury Strangers have released the expanded and newly remastered 13th anniversary edition of their critically acclaimed 2009 sophomore album Exploding Head.
Out today (10/21) on Mute/BMG and available in Deluxe 2-LP, 2-CD, and digital formats, the 20-track Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition) features newly remastered audio by vocalist, guitarist, and bandleader Oliver Ackermann and ten bonus tracks (including rarities, unreleased material, and three blistering covers of tracks by Love and Rockets, The 13th Floor Elevators, and David Bowie).
The limited-edition 2-LP set (available exclusively at the band’s web store) is pressed on transparent clear wax and housed in a numbered gatefold sleeve, featuring newly designed artwork, 12” original cover art, and new liner notes by music journalist Tris McCall. The 2-CD set is housed in a reverse board 6-panel DigiFile and features a 16-page booklet with newly designed artwork, as well as McCall’s liner notes. In addition, a 1-LP Standard Edition is being offered, featuring the newly remastered original 10-track album, pressed on transparent red wax.
Leading up to today’s anniversary release, APTBS released two singles (accompanied by new videos for each), including the previously unreleased B-side “Take It All” and “Don’t Save Your Love (2022 Remaster),” as well as dropped a trailer for the album (watch here). Plus, in celebration of Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition), APTBS put together an Exploding Head centric playlist for their fans, titled Exploding Hits (listen here), and will be premiering a recently filmed live session on Wednesday (10/26), featuring the current band members performing the full original album, from start to finish. The band will also be performing songs off Exploding Head when they tour Asia next month and Europe in January and February. Click here for a full list of dates and to purchase tickets.
In conjunction with today’s anniversary release, Ackermann’s hand-made effects pedal company Death By Audio announced their new EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal and limited-edition EXPLODING HEAD BUNDLE (500 units worldwide), available now exclusively on Reverb.com. The bundle (seen below) includes the limited-edition 2-LP set of Exploding Head (13th Anniversary Edition), the EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal (seen below), “Ego Death” enamel pin, “Deadbeat” iron-on patch, “Exploding Head’ guitar pick, 18”x24” foldout lyric poster w/artwork, and glow-in-the-dark-sticker.
Death By Audio’s EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal (watch demo here) resurrects the spine-tingling digital echoes of the long-dormant Ghost Delay pedal with expanded controls and a streamlined, ultra-small, pedalboard-friendly footprint. It’s the ultimate triple-delay dream maker/destroyer. Ackermann shares, “This pedal improves on the sound I used around the time I was writing and recording Exploding Head. I would do this trick where I’d link multiple delay lines to give the guitar this spooky, weird metallic sound. It’s more intense than a chorus and has a real, unnatural sound. That sound exists in the EXPLODING HEAD pedal and was key to many of the songs on the record.”
EXPLODING HEAD Triple Delay Pedal and EXPLODING HEAD BUNDLE
Marking the band’s first release on Mute (following their eponymous debut, awarded Best New Music by Pitchfork) and taking inspiration from shoegaze icons such as Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, Exploding Head is considered APTBS’ most notable record, garnering them critical praise and a cult fanbase for its explorative sound. Where their debut album was a patchwork of old and new tracks, Exploding Head was a direct statement. The album was recorded by Oliver Ackermann (vocals/guitar), Jono MOFO (bass), and Jay Space (drums) at Death By Audio ─ the infamous venue, recording studio, and living space Ackermann helped build in Williamsburg. Exploding Head was engineered by Andy Smith, who took the band to “a whole other level,” according to Ackermann, the only remaining band member from that time. Praise for the album included Drowned in Sound proclaiming, “…A Place To Bury Strangers have managed to strike a perfect balance between noise and tune, and as a result created one of 2009's most ingenious records.” The Quietus wrote, “Cranked up, you'll hear no more thrilling [of a] record this year…Marvellous” and AllMusic adds, “Exploding Head…shows they're among the best bands bringing shoegaze into the 21st century.”
Exploding Head has built-in potency with singles “In Your Heart” and “Keep Slipping Away,” as well as “I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart,” the incendiary finale at many of the band’s live shows. In his liner notes, McCall writes, “The ten rarities, covers, and unreleased tracks appended to this [anniversary] set consist of fascinating detours, roads not taken, and in a few cases, tantalizing hints about where the band would go next. Behold a great underground band in the first flush of success and recognition, energized by the endless possibilities suddenly open to them, experimenting with sound, form, and style, galvanized by Ackermann’s leadership and tireless pursuit of sonic adventure.”
product shot of Deluxe Edition 2-LP set
Side A
1. It is Nothing (2022 Remaster)
2. In Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
3. Lost Feeling (2022 Remaster)
4. Deadbeat (2022 Remaster)
5. Keep Sipping Away (2022 Remaster)
Side B
1. Ego Death (2022 Remaster)
2. Smile When You Smile (2022 Remaster)
3. Everything Always Goes Wrong (2022 Remaster)
4. Exploding Head (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
Side C
1. Hit The Ground (2022 Remaster)
2. Girlfriend (2022 Remaster)
3. It's A Fast Driving Rave Up With A Place To Bury Strangers (2022 Remaster)
4. Alive (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (demo) (2022 Remaster)*
Side D
1. Don't Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)
2. Take It All (2022 Remaster)*
3. The Light (Love and Rockets cover) (2022 Remaster)
4. Tried To Hide (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) (2022 Remaster)
5. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover) (2022 Remaster)
1. Hit The Ground (2022 Remaster)
2. Girlfriend (2022 Remaster)
3. It's A Fast Driving Rave Up With A Place To Bury Strangers (2022 Remaster)
4. Alive (2022 Remaster)
5. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (demo) (2022 Remaster)*
Side D
1. Don't Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)
2. Take It All (2022 Remaster)*
3. The Light (Love and Rockets cover) (2022 Remaster)
4. Tried To Hide (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) (2022 Remaster)
5. Suffragette City (David Bowie cover) (2022 Remaster)
* previously unreleased
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS LIVE
12 Nov - Keroxen Festival • Canary Islands, Spain
Asian Tour:
15 Nov - Koenji High • Tokyo, Japan w/ Ringo Deathstarr
16 Nov - Club Seats • Tokyo, Japan w/ Coaltar Of The Deepers
17 Nov - Koenji High • Tokyo, Japan w/ Tokyo Shoegazer
19 Nov - Maho Rasop Festival • Bangkok, Thailand with Diiv
24 Nov - Mow’s • Manila, Philippines
27 Nov - Soundrenaline Festival • Jakarta, Indonesia w/ Weezer
EU Tour (2023):
26 Jan - Kieler Schaubude• Kiel, Germany
27 Jan - Northern Winter Beat Festival • Aalborg, Denmark
28 Jan - Plan B • Malmö, Sweden
30 Jan - Blá • Oslo, Norway
31 Jan - Hus 7 • Stockholm, Sweden
2 Feb - Kuudes Linja • Helsinki, Finland
3 Feb - Sveta • Tallinn, Estonia
4 Feb - Vagonu Hall • Riga, Latvia
5 Feb - Sodas2123 • Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Feb - Voodoo • Warsaw, Poland
7 Feb - Pod Minoga • Poznan, Poland
8 Feb - So36 • Berlin, Germany
9 Feb - Gebaude 9 • Cologne, Germany
10 Feb - Grauzone Festival • Den Haag, Netherlands
11 Feb - Wilde Westen • Kortrijk, Belgium
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