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All the nice people at Meal Deal Records wanted to do was release a limited-edition UK-only A Place to Bury Strangers 10" EP sporting "To Fix the Gash in Your Head", "Ocean", and remixes of both tracks from Lillica Libertine and Clapp, respectively. It was supposed to come out on Monday, May 5.

Then, as usual, A Place to Bury Strangers had to go and be all loud and shit. According to an NME.com story confirmed by a publicist, the "red noise levels" on the master tape for "Gash" were so high that the process of transferring them to disc resulted in the destruction of the equipment manufacturing the record. To add insult to injury, the press was one of the few 10" presses left in the UK. You guys ever think about turning it down just a notch?

All is not lost, however. The 10"s are now due in stores this coming Monday, May 12.

Hopefully things will go more smoothly on the road for APTBS. They're over in the UK right now getting ready for ATP vs. Pitchfork festival this weekend, and then are off to the races with Nine Inch Nails in August.

A Place to Bury Strangers:

05-07 London, England - Barfly #
05-08 London, England - Industry
05-09 London, England - KOKO
05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) ^
05-12 London, England - Legion
05-13 London, England - Madame Jo Jos
05-15 Hull, England - Welly
05-16 Brighton, England - Providence
05-17 Leeds, England - Faversham
05-19 Glasgow, Scotland - Captain's Rest
05-20 Nottingham, England - Bodega
05-21 Birmingham, England - Jug of Ale
05-22 Luton, England - Luton Sub Club
05-24 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
05-26 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-28 Brussels, Belgium - Witloof Bar
05-30 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-27 New York, NY - South Street Seaport
07-04 Belfort, France - Eurockeenees
08-15 Oklahoma City, OH - Ford Center !
08-16 Houston, TX - Toyota Center !
08-18 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center !
08-20 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center !
09-13 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)

# with Late of the Pier
^ with the Hold Steady, Of Montreal, Hot Chip (live and DJ set), Jens Lekman, Man Man, Les Savy Fav, Black Lips, Caribou, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Los Campesinos!, Glass Candy, Deerhunter, Yeasayer, Redd Kross, Marissa Nadler, Sebadoh, Ween, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Wooden Shjips, Pissed Jeans, Apse, Shit and Shine, Various Production (DJ set)
! with Nine Inch Nails