New York City noise merchants A Place To Bury Strangers are closing out their singles run with something that hits a little differently. Song For Girl From Macedonia — the final track off their rarities album ‘Rare And Deadly’ (out nowvia Dedstrange) — is a tribute to a fan who passed away after the band met her at a show in Macedonia. It’s heavy, it’s real, and it sounds exactly like you’d expect from a band that has never once faked it.
Frontman Oliver Ackermann puts it plainly: “We played a show in Macedonia and met this girl who deeply connected with the music. Her brother helped us load gear, pure kindness, no ego. She was killed by a drunk driver crossing the road. This song is for her. A small attempt at honouring someone who deserved more time.”
The video was put together by the band’s original projectionist Spencer Bewley, keeping it all in the family. This follows last month’s Where Are We Now, which Anthony Fantano over at The Needle Drop called “a lovely cut” and named it a Best Track pick. Not bad for a rarities rollout.
About ‘Rare And Deadly’
‘Rare And Deadly’ is a decade-long dig through the APTBS archive — demos, B-sides, blown-out tapes, half-finished experiments, and the kind of recordings that were too volatile or too personal to ever make a proper album. We’re talking 2015–2025, all of it pulled from Ackermann’s late-night personal stash. The edges are jagged. That’s the point.
What makes this release genuinely wild is the format strategy: the CD, cassette, vinyl, and digital editions each have their own unique tracklisting. No single version is the “complete” album — each format is its own window into the archive. It’s a deliberately unstable document, and honestly, it fits the band perfectly. You want the full picture? You’re going to need all four.
‘Rare And Deadly’ tracklists per format
Think of it less as a compilation and more as a documentary in audio form — gear pushed past its limits, riffs mutated by malfunctioning pedals, delicate melodies buried under walls of feedback until only the ghost of them remains. It’s A Place To Bury Strangers in their natural habitat: somewhere between control and collapse, melody and noise, beauty and total distortion.
Pre-order ‘Rare And Deadly’ here.
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Tour Dates
APTBS are also deep into a European run right now. Here’s where they’ll be:
- Tue. April 7 — Hamburg, DE @ MS Stubnitz
- Wed. April 8 — Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz
- Thu. April 9 — Praha, CZ @ Futurum Music Bar
- Fri. April 10 — Brno-město, CZ @ Kabinet múz
- Sat. April 11 — Bratislava, SK @ PINK WHALE BAR
- Sun. April 12 — Budapest, HU @ A38
- Mon. April 13 — Belgrade, RS @ Karmakoma
- Tue. April 14 — Sofia, BG @ Mixtape 5
- Wed. April 15 — București, RO @ Control Club
- Fri. April 17 — Thessaloniki, GR @ Eightball Club
- Sat. April 18 — Athina, GR @ Gazarte
- Mon. April 20 — Rome, IT @ Monk Club
- Tue. April 21 — Florence, IT @ Ex Fila
- Wed. April 22 — Bologna, IT @ Social Center TPO
- Thu. April 23 — Milan, IT @ Santeria
- Fri. April 24 — Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
- Sun. April 26 — Brussels, BE @ Magasin 4
- Mon. April 27 — Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9
- Wed. April 29 — Utrecht, NL @ De Helling
- Thu. April 30 — Deventer, NL @ Burgerweeshuis
- Fri. May 1 — Eindhoven, NL @ Fuzz Club Festival 2026
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