Get ready for the most epic re-recording of the century, folks! 🤣 British rockers BRING ME THE HORIZON are releasing a 20th-anniversary re-recording of their debut album “Count Your Blessings” on July 10, and we can’t even handle it 😂. The new version, dubbed “Count Your Blessings | Repented”, is being described by the band as a “reactivation” and “recontextualization” of the 2006 LP, which included hits like “Pray For Plagues”, “Slow Dance”, and “A Lot Like Vegas” 🤘. We mean, who needs new music when you can just re-record the old stuff and call it a day? 🤑
So, BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oli Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia got together with mixer Buster Odeholm to work on this masterpiece, and the result is an album that’s “reborn, sharper, heavier, and more vital than ever” 🎉. Because, you know, the original wasn’t good enough 🙄. And, fun fact, the song “Liquor & Lost Love” is now called “Dragon Slaying” because, why not? 🐉. We’re pretty sure it’s not because they were too lazy to come up with a new title 🤷♂️.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, BRING ME THE HORIZON will be performing “Count Your Blessings” in its entirety on July 10 at Manchester’s B.E.C. Arena as part of the Outbreak festival 🎟️. The event, dubbed “Outbreak Presents: Count Your Blessings | Repented”, will also feature a bunch of other bands like STATIC DRESS, ROLO TOMASSI, DYING WISH, HERIOT, CAR UNDERWATER, and STILL IN LOVE 🤩. Because, you know, one band just isn’t enough 🙅♂️. It’s going to be a “defining moment for a generation of fans” 🙌, or so the organizers claim 🤑.
The concert will “reactivate” the album rather than simply look back at it, because, you know, nostalgia is so overrated 🙄. And, of course, it’s been structured to feel like “a defining moment for a generation of fans — both those who were there at the beginning and those discovering it now” 🙌. Yeah, because we’re sure the fans who were there at the beginning are just dying to relive their teenage angst 🤣. The organizers are calling it “possibly the most requested and mythologised single show of the last decade” 🤔, which is just a fancy way of saying “we’re going to make a lot of money off this” 💸.
Tickets for “Outbreak Presents: Count Your Blessings | Repented” go on sale on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m. GMT, and fans who pre-order the album will get access to a pre-sale, which starts today (Monday, April 13) 📅. Because, you know, the album isn’t just a re-recording, it’s an experience 🎉. One of the world’s most influential modern rock acts, BRING ME THE HORIZON has sold over 6.6 million albums worldwide and amassed more than 9.4 billion global streams 📊, which is just a fancy way of saying they’re rich 🤑.
And, in case you missed it, BRING ME THE HORIZON‘s “L.I.V.E. In São Paulo (Live Immersive Virtual Experiment)” concert film was screened in theaters in late March, and it’s also available on LP and CD 🎥. Because, you know, who needs a live concert when you can just watch it on a screen? 📺. The film captured BRING ME THE HORIZON as the band was traveling the world in support of their “Post Human: Nex Gen” LP, which was their biggest headline show to date 🌎. And, of course, it’s a must-see for any fan of the band, or so we’re told 🤔. 🎉🎸🔥
