With a couple of weeks until the release date for A Place to Bury Strangers’ third studio album, Worship, out June 26 on Dead Oceans, the noisy trio have released a new song for us to chew on: an impenetrable wall of sound entitled “And I’m Up.” The track is a constant barrage of distortion, but also possessed a wonderfully catchy, if dour, melody in lead singer Oliver Ackerman’s vocals. The static guitar noise acts as counterpart to Ackerman’s faraway but clear voice, somehow contrasting as well as complimenting it. The track is an intriguing mix of everything pop is and is not. Great stuff. Tour dates listed below the streamed mp3.
06/05/12 – San Diego, CA – Casbah*#+
06/06/12 – Visalia, CA – Cellar Door*#+
06/07/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex*#+
06/08/12 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*#+
06/09/12 – Chico, CA – Cafe Coda*#
06/10/12 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir *#
06/11/12 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile*#
06/12/12 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret*#+
06/22/12 – Atlantic City, NJ – Showboat Atlantic&
06/24/12 – Atlantic City, NJ – Metallica’s Orion Festival, Bader Field
07/16/12 – Columbus, OH – The Basement^
07/17/12 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle^
07/18/12 – Indianapolis, IN – White Rabbit^
07/19/12 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird^
07/20/12 – Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theatre^
07/21/12 – Denver, CO – Underground Music Showcase$
07/23/12 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge^
07/24/12 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn^
07/25/12 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall^
07/26/12 – Washington DC – Rock & Roll Hotel^
07/27/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Record Release)^
07/28/12 – Philadelphia, PA – TBD
07/29/12 – Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs^
07/30/12 – New Haven, CT – The Space
07/30/12 – New Haven, CT – The Space
* = w/This Will Destroy You
# = w/Dusted
+ = APTBS plays last
+ = APTBS plays last
& = w/Gaslight Anthem & Cage The Elephant
$ = w/Black Moth Super Rainbow & Shabazz Palaces
^ = w/Hunters
^ = w/Hunters
