Between the Buried and Me Release Deluxe Edition of ‘The Blue Nowhere’ with Bonus Track “Overture”
We’ve barely had enough time to take in Between the Buried and Me‘s latest, their 11th album The Blue Nowhere, the standard version of which just came out in September. While that version runs for a little over an hour through 10 tracks, their newly-shared deluxe edition of the album adds instrumental renditions of all the album’s songs, along with the formerly vinyl-exclusive bonus track “Overture,” that you can now listen to below.
Bassist Dan Briggs had this to say about BtBaM’s newest single drop:
“‘Overture’ was initially written to lead the album, winding through musical themes from all of the songs in a way that referenced the direct part or the idea of it to make something new and that would flow right into ‘Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark’. It starts by quoting the early guitar arpeggiation from the song ‘The Blue Nowhere’ on piano – which was fortuitous not knowing the song would actually become the title track of the album!
“In the studio, we decided it would be refreshing to slam right into ‘Things…” and tossed the song aside, and then when we were building the string/noise buildup at the end of ‘Beautifully Human,’ [producer] Jamie King actually sped up the entire ‘Overture’ track to be layered in for the crescendo before the piano and vocals coda for the album. Thankfully, InsideOutMusic also had the idea to have the track included at the end of the deluxe edition of the album – and the humor of the album ending on an overture is not lost on us! Everyone just dig in and stay jamming.”
And since they apparently cannot sit their asses down and rest somewhere, Between the Buried and Me is heading out on ANOTHER tour (they just wrapped one up a little bit ago), this time taking them to Europe and the UK.
Between the Buried and Me 2026 Europe/UK tour dates:
02/19 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
02/20 – Birmingham, UK @ Asylum
02/21 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
02/22 – Bristol, UK @ Fleece
02/24 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Das Bett
02/25 – Paris, France @ Petit Bain
02/26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
02/27 – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg @ Rockhal
02/28 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Zappa
03/01 – Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefahrlich
03/02 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Pumpehuset
03/03 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
03/05 – Helsinki, Finland @ Tavastia
03/06 – Tallin, Estonia @ Paavli Kulturvabrik
03/07 – Riga, Latvia @ Melna Piektdiena
03/09 – Warsaw, Poland @ Niebo
03/11 – Bochum, Germany @ Matrix
03/12 – Stuttgart, Germany @ Wizemann
