Philly-based indie band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be reissuing its landmark debut self-titled record early next year for its 20th anniversary. It will be released in a special, limited vinyl edition on the band's own label, via Secretly Distributing.

To celebrate the announcement, CYHSY have released a previously-unreleased "original version" of their 2004 song "Heavy Metal". Listen below:

According to frontman Alec Ounsworth, this version of the song (which was discovered amidst old, original project files) captures "a special moment in time – a young group of guys all piling into one hotel room to wake up and go to a real studio (!) to try to come up with something special just for the fun of it."

Additionally, Ounsworth has this to say about the track and the album:

"At the time, 'Heavy Metal' was meant to appear alongside a small collection of songs to be used for an EP to be shopped around to labels. We never thought that an album was possible at the time. Later, during the mixing of the EP, a decision was made to add other songs. This final collection of songs went on to be the first album.  I guess I didn't think this original version of ‘Heavy Metal’ sat very well on the album once we started recording some of the later songs (‘The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth,’ ‘Is This Love?,’ etc.) so I decided the song should be changed even though the original (as a standalone single) had always worked. Now that I listen to the original ‘Heavy Metal’ remixed and mastered, I realize it very well could (should?) have been on the album itself ... The rest of the album has this excitement too of course but the earliest songs speak even more to a certain innocence around that time which I try hard not to forget.”

In addition to the reissue next year, the band will be setting out on a large world tour, taking them through the US, then to Europe, and ending in Australia. Check all the dates below. Tickets will be on sale here.

3/31 – Washington DC – The Atlantis
4/1 – Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle
4/2 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
4/4 – Ft. Worth, TX – Tulip’s
4/5 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
4/7 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
4/8 – Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater
4/9 – San Francisco, CA – Independent
4/11 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
4/12 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Café
4/13 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
4/15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
4/16 – Denver, CO – Bluebird
5/2 – St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar and Hall
5/3 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
5/4 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
5/6 – Toronto, ON – Great Hall
5/7 – Albany, NY – The Egg
5/8 – Somerville, MA – Crystal Ballroom
5/9 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
5/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

9/14 – Leffinge, BE – Leffingeleuren Festival
9/16 – Dublin, IE – Button Factory
9/18 – Paris, FR – Gaité Lyrique
9/19 – London, UK – EartH
9/20 – London, UK – EartH

11/5 – Sydney, AU – Metro Theatre
11/7 – Melbourne, AU – Northcote Theatre
11/8 – Brisbane, AU – The Triffid
11/11 – Auckland, NZ – The Tuning Fork