Pitchfork

A few weeks back, if you'll recall, we spun the sad yarn of A Place to Bury Strangers and their punishingly loud master tapes. It seems, when trying to craft a bunch of vinyl singles for "To Fix the Gash in Your Head", APTBS' trademark sonic assault took all its frustrations out on a rare 10" press, destroying the machine in the process.

Well, the folks who run the record plant apparently felt kinda bad about keeping the record buying public from all that glorious racket. By way of apology (hey, not your fault these dudes don't do the subtlety thing, like, at all), they have printed up 100 hand-numbered, one-sided, bright yellow 12"s featuring the Lillica Libertine remix of "Gash" and the Clapp's remix of "Ocean".

The original 10", sporting both remixed tracks from the 12" plus their original incarnations, is also available now in a limited edition of 500. And those who hunt down the yellow 12" will get a CD sporting all the tunes from the 10". Both come courtesy of Meal Deal Records.

Not content to merely leave a trail of destroyed recording equipment in their wake, A Place to Bury Strangers will take the direct route to eardrum annihilation this summer on a smattering of shows. Next up is tonight's set at Barcelona's Primavera Sound fest.

12":

A1 To Fix the Gash in Your Head (Lillica Libertine Remix)
A2 Ocean (The Clapp Remix)

10":

A1 To Fix the Gash in Your Head (original)
A2 Ocean (original)
B1 Ocean (The Clapp remix)
B2 To Fix the Gash in Your Head (Lillica Libertine remix)

Places Where Strangers Are Buried:

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 Nine Inch Nails