(2022) A Place To Bury Strangers - Exploding Head (Remaster)    



Review:
Recorded at their Death By Audio studios in New York and released on Mute Records in 2009, Exploding Head was critically praised for its explorative sound, taking inspiration from shoegaze icons such as Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. Pitchfork described the album as “frustrated aggression, lacerating feedback… saturated with slender indie-pop melody.” The album has now been digitally remastered by Oliver Ackermann and is presented in three formats; Deluxe 2LP (Limited Edition Indie Exclusive), 2CD Deluxe & 1LP Standard. This Limited Edition Double Album on 140g Transparent Vinyl is housed in Numbered Reverse Board Gatefold Sleeve and features Newly Designed Artwork + 12” Original Cover Art Card as well as exclusive sleeve notes by music journalist Tris McCall. ‘Exploding Head’ was the band’s first release for Mute and followed their eponymous debut. The album was awarded Best New Music at Pitchfork but, where that was a patchwork of old and new tracks, Exploding Head was a direct statement. Recorded by Oliver Ackermann (vocals/ guitar), Jono MOFO (bass) and Jay Space (drums) at Death By Audio, the infamous arts and music venue/ rehearsal and recording studio, and living space that Ackermann helped build in Williamsburg, the album was engineered by Andy Smith who took the band, according to Ackermann at the time, to “a whole other level”. Ackermann, the only remaining member from this line-up, went on to talk about the album’s contrasts “I love the interplay between something that’s pretty and something that’s scary.”, which Drowned in Sound echoed in their review at the time, calling it “a perfect balance between noise and tune”. “Cranked up, you’ll hear no more thrilling record this year”, stated The Quietus and Ackermann’s newly remastered edition of the album, featuring the singles ‘In Your Heart’ and ‘Keep Slipping Away’ as well as the incendiary finale to many of the live shows in their relentless touring schedule, ‘I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart’, has only built-in potency. The ten rarities, covers, and unreleased tracks consist of fascinating detours, roads not taken, and in a few cases, tantalising hints about where the band would go next.



Track List:
01. It Is Nothing (2022 Remaster)
02. In Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
03. Lost Feeling (2022 Remaster)
04. Deadbeat (2022 Remaster)(Explicit)
05. Keep Slipping Away (2022 Remaster)
06. Ego Death (2022 Remaster)
07. Smile When You Smile (2022 Remaster)
08. Everything Always Goes Wrong (2022 Remaster)
09. Exploding Head (2022 Remaster)
10. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
11. Hit the Ground (2022 Remaster)
12. Girlfriend (2022 Remaster)
13. It's a Fast Driving Raveup With a Place to Bury Strangers (2022 Remaster)
14. Alive (2022 Remaster)
15. I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart (Demo) [2022 Remaster]
16. Don't Save Your Love (2022 Remaster)
17. Take It All (2022 Remaster)
18. The Light (2022 Remaster)
19. Tried to Hide (2022 Remaster)
20. Suffragette City (2022 Remaster)


Media Report:
Genre: indie-rock, post-punk
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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