SPILL NEW MUSIC: BORIS PREMIERE UNRELEASED TRACK FROM 10TH ANNIVERSARY PINK ALBUM DELUXE REISSUE

BORIS PREMIERE UNRELEASED TRACK FROM 10TH ANNIVERSARY PINK ALBUM DELUXE REISSUE

TOUR NORTH AMERICA PERFORMING PINK IN ITS ENTIRETY IN JULY 

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Japanese trio Boris premiere an unreleased track from the 10th anniversary deluxe reissue of Pinktoday via NPR. Hear and share “SOFUN” below!

Boris will launch a full North American headlining tour in July in which they will perform Pink in its entirety. The band’s new Sargent House labelmates Earth will play all dates except two in Canada. Please see complete dates below.

Pink, the landmark 2006 album by Boris, which earned widespread critical praise — including Pitchfork’s Top 10 Albums of 2006 — will be reissued in a deluxe edition this summer to commemorate the album’s 10th anniversary.

The deluxe 3xLP box set and 2xCD features an entire album of previously unreleased tracks recorded during the Pink album sessions in 2004-2005. The bonus Forbidden Songs collects 9 tracks of the same hyperactive, accessible and aggressive caliber of the original album, available here for the first time, mixed (with additional editing and arrangement) in 2015 and mastered in January 2016. Like the original U.S. vinyl release, the Pink (Deluxe Edition) LP set has three longer edits of songs that were truncated on the original CD issue (“Farewell”, “Pseudo-Bread” and “My Machine”). Otherwise, both the LP and CD versions have the same audio as the 2006 release. And, Pink (Deluxe Edition) also features the artwork of the original Japanese release, made by the band members themselves.

In 2006, Pink was Boris’ 10th album and a major breakthrough that earned new fans outside of the underground metal community — the track “Farewell” was even featured in Jim Jarmusch’s classic film The Limits of Control. The album landed on countless “best of the year” lists from underground metal sites to mainstream rock magazines. And the praise was certainly well deserved for its more accessible sound and explorations into shoegaze and ambient structures alongside brutal noise, searing psychedelia and apocalyptic doom.

Pink succeeds at what most bands cannot do: swiftly changing styles from song to song, while always sounding distinctly like themselves. The seamless, explosive set of fan favorites from the classic longtime lineup of drummer/vocalist Atsuo, guitarist/vocalist Wata and bassist/guitarist/vocalist Takeshi still sounds as mindblowing as it did a decade ago. And, Forbidden Songs continues with the same unbridled creativity and ferocity. These songs aren’t outliers, they’re rather more like the director’s cut version of the original album.

Boris is now in their 24th year as a band — 20 years in the classic trio lineup — and showing no signs of slowing down. They have always demolished expectations of what a band can do musically and aesthetically. And in looking back with Pink (Deluxe Edition), the band’s trajectory as experimenters and innovators over subsequent releases becomes even clearer.

Pink (Deluxe Edition) will be available everywhere (excluding Japan) on July 8th on 3xLP box set, 2xCD and download via Sargent House. iTunes pre-orders include a free immediate download of “Are You Ready?” HERE, 3xLP box set and 2xCD are available for pre-order via Hello Merch.

Boris / Earth / Shitstorm Tour Dates

07/22 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
07/23 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
07/25 Dallas, TX @ Trees
07/26 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
07/28 Ybor City, FL @ The Orpheum
07/29 Orlando, FL @ The Social
07/30 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
07/31 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
08/01 Nashville, TN @ Third Man Records
08/03 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
08/04 Washington, DC @ 930 Club
08/05 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
08/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/07 New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
08/09 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
08/10 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. (no Earth)
08/11 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace (no Earth)
08/12 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
08/13 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
08/14 Chicago, IL @ Metro
08/16 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
08/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Fineline Music Cafe
08/18 Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
08/19 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
08/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
08/22 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
08/23 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
08/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
08/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
08/27 Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel – Psycho Las Vegas (Boris only)

Boris
Pink
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Release Date: July 8, 2016

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Pink (Deluxe Edition) Track Listing

Artist: Boris
Album: Pink (Deluxe Edition) 3xLP
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: July 8th, 2016

LP I: Pink

Side A
01. Pink
02. Woman On The Screen
03. Nothing Special
04. Blackout

Side B
5. Electric
6. Six, Three Times
7. Afterburner
8. Pseudo Bread (long version)

LP II: Pink

Side C
9. My Machine (long version)
10. Farewell (long version)

Side D
11. Just Abandoned Myself

LP III: Pink Sessions “Forbidden Songs”

Side E:
1. Your Name Part 2
2. Heavy Rock Industry
3. SOFUN
4. Non/Sha/Lant
5. Room Noise

Side F
6. Talisman
7. N.F. Sorrow
8. Are You Ready? (STREAM)
9. Tiptoe

Artist: Boris
Album: Pink (Deluxe Edition) 2xCD
Label: Sargent House
Release Date: July 8th, 2016

Disc I: Pink
01. Farewell
02. Pink
03. Woman On The Screen
04. Nothing Special
05. Blackout
06. Electric
07. Pseudo Bread
08. Afterburner
09. Six, Three Times
10. My Machine
11. Just Abandoned Myself

Disc II: Pink Sessions “Forbidden Songs”
01. Your Name Part 2
02. Heavy Rock Industry
03. Sofun
04. Non/Sha/Lant
05. Room Noise
06. Talisman
07. N.F.Sorrow
08. Are You Ready? (STREAM)
09. Tiptoe

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