Rare and Deadly, out 3rd April via Dedstrange, cracks open a decade-long vault of raw nerve and sonic chaos from A Place To Bury Strangers. Spanning 2015–2025, the collection gathers demos, B-sides, abandoned experiments, and forgotten fragments pulled from Ackermann’s personal archive of late-night recordings, blown-out tapes, and half-finished sessions. These tracks capture the band at their most unfiltered—caught between breakthrough ideas and beautiful mistakes, with the edges left jagged on purpose. Pre-order available now.
Rare and Deadly will be released in 4 formats, where each format tells a different story. The CD, cassette, vinyl, and digital editions all feature unique tracklists, an almost unheard-of release strategy that give a metaphorical middle finger to the industry norms.. No single format contains the “complete” album; instead, each becomes a different window into the archive, revealing alternate paths, missing links, and parallel versions of the band’s inner life. The album shifts depending on how you hear it, mirroring the chaos of its creation.
Across Rare and Deadly, you can hear the evolution of Ackermann’s restless mind: riffs warped by malfunctioning pedals, songs born from gear pushed beyond its limits, and melodies swallowed by walls of feedback until only their ghosts remain. Some tracks hint at future releases; others are volatile dead ends. Together, they form a secret history—an unstable, essential document of sound in motion.
Less a compilation than a documentary, Rare and Deadly captures the moment before ideas solidify. It’s where A Place To Bury Strangers has always thrived: between control and collapse, melody and noise, beauty and distortion.
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