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Planning For Burial
[ he/him ]
city: Wilkes Barrecountry: Pennsylvania, USA
genre: Experimental, Rock
styles: Slowcore, Shoegaze, Doom, Drone, Ambient, Dark Ambient
ABOUT THIS ARTIST
The brainchild of American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thom Wasluck, Planning for Burial's gloomy experimental metal borrows from shoegaze, goth, and alt-rock as well as doom, drone, and black metal. A one-man band (both in the studio and live), Wasluck began operating under the pseudonym in 2005, releasing the first in a string of downcast LPs and splits pairing the ominous black shoegaze of Jesu with the doomy and obsessive industrial metal of Fragile-era Nine Inch Nails.
After playing in several bands while growing up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he conceived of Planning for Burial as a solo act in 2005. Wasluck released Planning for Burial's debut album, Leaving, in 2009, and Enemies List Home Recordings reissued it a year later. The project built a following as Wasluck issued a steady stream of short releases, including two collaborations with Lonesummer on Music Ruins Lives and 2012's I Miss Our Conversations, I'm Sorry on Tycho Magnetic Anomalies. After signing with The Flenser, Planning for Burial released its second full-length album, Desideratum (which included a credit for "whiskey" alongside more traditional instruments), in 2014.
Wasluck returned two years later with the single "As a Lover," and took inspiration from moving back into his childhood home for Planning for Burial's third album, 2017's Below the House. That same year, Wasluck issued Matawan: Collected Works 2010-2014, a compilation of out of print non-album tracks that he originally recorded in his former home of Matawan, New Jersey. ~ Heather Phares , Rovi
Source [Spotify]Releases
LP
It's Closeness, It's Easy
out on May 30, 2025
via The Flenser
Single
(blueberry pop)
out on May 27, 2025
via The Flenser
Single
You Think
out on April 23, 2025
via The Flenser
Single
A Flowing Field Of Green
out on March 17, 2025
via The Flenser
Single
A Farm Cat Watches From The Edge Of The Highway
out on December 06, 2024
via The Flenser
Single
Midwife / Planning for Burial Split
out on August 11, 2023
via Whited Sepulchre Records
LP
Matawan - Collected Works 2010-2014 LP (Volume 2)
out on April 14, 2023
via The Flenser
Single
Astrid
out on December 02, 2022
via Whited Sepulchre Records
LP
Matawan - Collected Works 2010-2014 LP (Volume 1)
out on October 15, 2021
via The Flenser
Single
When Summer Turns to Fall
out on December 25, 2020
via The Flenser
Videos
You Think (Official Music Video)
April 23, 2025
Planning for Burial A Flowing Field of Green (Official Audio)
March 17, 2025
When Summer Turns to Fall
December 24, 2020
Concerts
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