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Death Cab for Cutie, Death From Above, Death Vessel, Murder By Death, Death Unit...why y'all gotta be so morbid? Ah well. Add New York's O'Death to the list of demise-mongers.

The Waitsian, Gothic Americana combo-- hotly-tipped, as the Brits would say-- has signed to Brooklyn's Ernest Jenning Recording Co., who will reissue O'Death's 2005 LP Head Home in deluxe format June 12.

The new edition of Home will feature "some additional tracking and a new mixing and mastering job," according to a label spokesperson. European Death-wishers should look to Berlin-based City Slang for the album this summer.

What's more, Ernest Jenning-- who's also served up releases from Dälek, Saturday Looks Good to Me, and the Occasion-- will treat O'Death fans to a 7" packed with non-album cuts shortly after the album's release.

If you believe the hype, the live O'Death show is where it's at. Catch them playing a handful of East Coast dates this month.

Head Home:

01 Down to Rest
02 Adelita
03 Allie Mae Reynolds
04 The Crab Apple Sandwich
05 O Lee O
06 Busted Old Church
07 Travelin Man
08 Face Mask
09 Only Daughter
10 Ground Stump
11 Rickety Fench Teeth
12 All the World
13 Jesus Look Down
14 Nathaniel
15 Gas Can Row

Dates:

04-05 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
04-06 Boston, MA - Iron Pour at Mass Art #
04-07 Brattleboro, VT - The Tinder Box #^
04-19 New York, NY - New York University
05-12 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands

* with Dr. Dog
# with Goddamn Rattlesnake, Royale Bros.
^ with My Voice My Fist