Acid Rain by A Place To Bury Strangers

Rare and Deadly cracks open a decade-long vault of raw nerve and sonic chaos from A Place to Bury Strangers. Spanning the years 2015–2025, the collection gathers demos, B-sides, abandoned experiments, and other rare pieces that capture the band’s restless creative process. It is shaping up to be a particularly special release, and the band has found fittingly inventive ways to bring attention to it ahead of its arrival. Rare and Deadly is set for release on April 3rd, 2026 via Dedstrange.

One such moment took place on January 16th, 2026, when the band briefly took over a New York City subway car and turned it into a moving stage for a gutsy rendition of Acid Rain, the second single from the record. The track carries a sense of directness, blending psychedelic textures with the band’s familiar surge of noise and distortion.

The performance was captured in a guerrilla-style video that unfolds inside the subway car itself. What emerges is a scene among the passengers who happened to be there, a sudden burst of sound and movement inside a space otherwise defined by routine, preserved as a moment that feels both spontaneous and vividly alive.

Oliver Ackerman says, “Cruelty felt not just normalized, but weaponized. Watching people in power openly coerce others into silence, compliance, and violence was horrifying, and still is. What shook me most was how casual it all felt, how easily people turned their heads while others were being crushed.”

The artist continues: “The chanting at the beginning was recorded during the George Floyd protests in Manhattan and Brooklyn, real voices, real streets, real fear mixed with hope. For a moment, it felt like maybe people would finally wake up and refuse this racist machinery. But here we are, still watching detention centers, modern slavery, and countless other atrocities continue under different names. ‘Acid Rain’ is rage, grief, and disbelief all colliding at once, the sound of watching history repeat itself while knowing exactly how wrong it is.”

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Rare and Deadly European Tour 2026

7 April - MS Stubnitz - Hamburg, Germany
8 April - UT Connewitz - Leipzig, Germany
9 April - Cargo Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
10 April - Kabinet múz - Brno, Czech Republic
11 April - Pink Whale Bar - Bratislava, Slovakia
12 April - A38 - Budapest, Hungary
13 April - Karmakoma - Belgrade, Serbia
14 April - Mixtape 5 - Sofia, Bulgaria
15 April - Control Club - Bucharest, Romania
17 April - Eightball Club - Thessaloniki, Greece
18 April - Gazarte - Athens, Greece
20 April - Monk Club - Roma, Italy
21 April - Ex Fila - Firenze, Italy
22 April - TPO - Bologna, Italy
23 April - Santeria - Milano, Italy
24 April - Bogen F - Zurich, Switzerland
25 April - Out of The Crowd Festival - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
26 April - Magasin 4 - Bruxelles, Belgium
27 April - Gebaeude 9 - Köln, Germany
29 April - De Helling - Utrecht, Netherlands
30 April - Burgerweeshuis - Deventer, Netherlands
01 May - Fuzz Club Festival - Eindhoven, Netherlands

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
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