A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - EXPLODING HEAD (LP)

A Place To Bury Strangers Exploding Head on Vinyl LP! 

Exploding Head is A Place To Bury Strangers' sophomore album and first for Mute. The band had one simple goal during the recording process: "The original idea," says vocalist/guitarist Oliver Ackermann, "was to create the craziest, most f'ed-up recording ever."

In late 2008, shortly following a support slot on MGMT's U.K. tour, APTBS began tracking new songs at Death By Audio, the rehearsal/recording/living space that Ackermann helped build in 2005. The DIY-or-die building is also an independent venue and the headquarters of Ackermann's Death By Audio company, a customized guitar pedal manufacturer that counts U2, TV on the Radio and My Bloody Valentine among its many happy customers.

During the Exploding Head recording process engineer Andy Smith (Paul Simon, David Bowie) took the band to "a whole other level" says Ackermann. "I love the interplay and contrasts between something that's pretty and something that's scary," he explains. "Taking listeners to different places, even in one song, is so important, whether it makes them cry or pissed off. If you listen closely, some of the riffs on this record are actually like Ramones songs or '60s bubblegum pop."

A Place To Bury Strangers Exploding Head Track Listing

1.  It Is Nothing     
2.  In Your Heart    
3.  Lost Feeling    
4.  Deadbeat    
5.  Keep Slipping Away    
6.  Ego Death    
7.  Smile When You Smile    
8.  Everything Always Goes Wrong    
9.  Exploding Head    
10. I Live My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart