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	A Place To Bury Strangers announce new album release Exploding Head Out on 12th October 2009 "The pleasure pain threshold has rarely been more blurred" – NME "You'll want your eardrums to get the shit kicked out of them at full force" - Pitchfork Mute's newest signing, A Place To Bury Strangers, announce a brand new album, Exploding Head, out on 12th October 2009. Exploding Head is A Place To Bury Strangers' (Oliver Ackermann - vocals / guitar, Jono MOFO - bass and Jay Space - drums) second album release, the follow up to their eponymous debut. Exploding Head is 43 mesmerizing minutes of pain as pleasure. You'll be checking the levels on your living room stereo from the moment "It Is Nothing" pulls everyone in earshot through a vortex of groove-locked rhythms and back-spun power chords. You'll be sucked in and blown away by the paranoid android pop of the album's first single "In Your Heart," the gorgeous gate-crashing melodies of "Keep Slipping Away," the Chinese water torture chords of "Lost Feeling," the sputtering percussion of "Everything Always Goes Wrong," the apocalypse now effects of "Ego Death," the sinewy, slightly sinister overtones of the title track, and the firework finale flare-ups of "I Lived My Life To Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart." This collection makes up the band's most arousing recording to date. During the Exploding Head recording process engineer Andy Smith (Paul Simon, David Bowie) took the band to "a whole other level" says Ackermann. "I love the interplay and contrasts between something that's pretty and something that's scary," he explains. "Taking listeners to different places - even in one song - is so important, whether it makes them cry or pissed off. If you listen closely, some of the riffs on this record are actually like Ramones songs or '60s bubblegum pop." The new album was recorded at Death By Audio, the rehearsal/recording/living space that Ackermann helped build and the headquarters of Ackermann's Death By Audio company - a customised guitar pedal manufacturer that counts U2, TV on the Radio and My Bloody Valentine as customers. Their debut release earned them a "Best New Music" distinction and enduring support from Pitchfork, and they have toured with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, MGMT, Holy Fk, the Dandy Warhols and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. A Place To Bury Strangers recently played Coachella and NYC's Siren festivals and will return to Europe in July for a series of festivals dates that include 1234 Festival, Reading, Leeds, Pukkelpop and an appearance at ATP in December. Exploding Head Tracklisting** 1. It Is Nothing 2. In Your Heart 3. Lost Feeling 4. Deadbeat 5. Keep Slipping Away 6. Ego Death 7. Smile When You Smile 8. Everything Always Goes Wrong 9. Exploding Head 10. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart www.aplacetoburystrangers.com www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers
	A Place to Bury Strangers - New Fall Tour Dates Announced FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS NEW FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED 9/24 – Massillon, OH – Thirteenth Floor with Ludwyg & Swarm of Bats (Free Show!) 9/25 – Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival with Caribou, Best Coast, Holy Fuck 9/26 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection with Chicago Typewriters and Igby Iris 9/27 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop with Freedom & Hot Cha Cha 9/28 – Kalamazoo, MI – The Strutt 9/29 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar 9/30 – Nashville, TN – Next Big Nashville Festival at Exit In with Yeasayer, Waaves, & Javelin 10/1 – Durham, NC – Duke Coffeehouse 10/2 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter with Ceremony & Soundpool (Killer Pimp Night) 10/15 – Minneapolis, MN – Whole Music Club at University of Minnesota 10/26 – Brooklyn, NY – Death By Audio with Japandroids NEW VIDEO & SINGLE OUT NOW I LIVED MY LIFE TO STAND IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR HEART “Heavy distortion fell over the crowd like a cloud of dust, and everyone was covered; the music as impermanent and elusive as the smoke…a strobe light pulsed, arms lifted, a girl was carried towards me, her body arched at the ceiling...and all while the song swelled, revolved, and gushed.” – Beyond Race Magazine (DBA, August 19, 2010) September 2, 2010 – New York, NY: A Place To Bury Strangers are heading back out on the road this fall playing a mixture of festivals and headline gigs across the Midwest, including Massillon, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Durham for the first time. On August 19th, A Place To Bury Strangers gave an epic performance at Death By Audio, the underground DIY venue and performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that also houses frontman Oliver Ackermann’s custom effect pedals collective by the same name (check out the Guitar World feature for more on DBA effect pedals). Indie Wire called the show “one-in-a-million” and added for noise junkies it would be “the equivalent of catching The Beatles at the Cavern Club.” The Whiskey Dregs called it “quite possibly one of the best shows this year.” In case you’re feeling left out, A Place To Bury Strangers will be at Death By Audio for another magical night on October 26th with Japandroids. Mark your calendars! A new video for I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart, the fourth single from the bands critically acclaimed Exploding Head, is out now. The video, directed by Sian Alice Group guitarist Ben Crook (Spiritualized, Fratellis, Black Lips), was shot during the band’s London show at Heaven on May 25th 2010 and marks the first official appearance of new bass player Dion Lunadon. Check out the new video HERE. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart, the penultimate song in APTBS live set, was released as a 5-song digital EP on June 22nd. The EP features a new track, “Girlfriend”, and remixes by Secret Machines, Cereal Spiller, and Broken Spindles. Download the Secret Machines remix HERE. Tracklisting: 1. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart 2. Girlfriend 3. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Secret Machines Remix) 4. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Cereal Spiller Remix) 5. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Broken Spindles Remix) A Place To Bury Strangers have been quite busy on the remix front lately with two recently released remixes for Maps “Die Happy Die Smiling” and School Of Seven Bells “Windstorm” and forthcoming remixes for Holy Fuck and Grinderman. Additionally, APTBS frontman/guitarist Oliver Ackermann lends vocals to “Behold The Black Light”, a song featured on a new Volcom snowboarding film titled 9191 due out on September 13th. The track premiered on RCRD LBL August 26th and is available as a free download now. The original soundtrack by Baron also features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mike Conte of Early Man. Go to http://9191movie.com/ to check out the trailer for 9191. A Place To Bury Strangers’ sophomore album Exploding Head was released October 6th, 2009 on Mute, and debuted at #1 Most Added at College Radio week of release. In their 4.5 star review of the album, Alternative Press says "Like Sonic Youth before them, the trio have perfected the fine balance of loud and quiet, the result being one of the finer melody-driven noise-rock records in recent memory." Exploding Head raked in 2009 best of accolades as well, receiving Album Of The Year from The Toronto Star and Best Band In New York from the New York Press. aplacetoburystrangers.com / mute.com myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers / facebook.com/aplacetoburystrangers / twitter.com/APTBS
	A Place to Bury Strangers - New Video and Tour Dates NEW VIDEO I LIVED MY LIFE TO STAND IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR HEART NEW LIVE DATES August 4, 2010: A Place To Bury Strangers are releasing a new video for I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart, the fourth single from the bands critically acclaimed Exploding Head. The video, directed by Sian Alice Group guitarist Ben Crook (Spiritualized, Fratellis, Black Lips), was shot during the band’s London show at Heaven on May 25th 2010 and marks the first official appearance of new bass player Dion Lunadon. Check out the new video HERE. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart, the penultimate song in APTBS live set, was released as a 5-song digital EP on June 22nd. The EP features a new track, “Girlfriend”, and remixes by Secret Machines, Cereal Spiller, and Broken Spindles. Download the Secret Machines remix HERE. Tracklisting: 1. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart 2. Girlfriend 3. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Secret Machines Remix) 4. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Cereal Spiller Remix) 5. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart (Broken Spindles Remix) A Place To Bury Strangers has been quite busy on the remix front lately with two recently released remixes for Maps “Die Happy Die Smiling” and School Of Seven Bells “Windstorm” with forthcoming remixes for Holy Fuck and Grinderman. Additionally, APTBS frontman/guitarist Oliver Ackermann lends vocals to “Behold The Black Light”, a song featured on a new Volcom snowboarding film titled 9191 due out on September 13th. The original soundtrack by Baron also features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Mike Conte of Early Man. Go to http://9191movie.com/ to check out the trailer for 9191. A Place To Bury Strangers will be playing a host of dates as the band prepares to write and record the follow-up to Exploding Head. Dates include: Live Dates: 08/18 – Philadelphia Weekly’s Concerts In The Park with The Hormones, Philadelphia, PA 08/19 – Death by Audio with Weekend & No Joy, Brooklyn, NY 09/25 – Midpoint Music Festival with Caribou, Best Coast and Holy Fuck, Cincinnati, OH 09/30 – Next Big Nashville Festival with Yeasayer, Wavves, and Javelin, Nashville, TN A Place To Bury Strangers’ sophomore album Exploding Head was released October 6th, 2009 on Mute, and debuted at #1 Most Added at College Radio week of release. In their 4.5 star review of the album, Alternative Press says "Like Sonic Youth before them, the trio have perfected the fine balance of loud and quiet, the result being one of the finer melody-driven noise-rock records in recent memory." Exploding Head raked in 2009 best of accolades as well, receiving Album Of The Year from The Toronto Star and Best Band In New York from the New York Press. aplacetoburystrangers.com / mute.com myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers / facebook.com/aplacetoburystrangers / twitter.com/APTBS