SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Grateful Dead now has a new online home.

Deadheads can tune in to listen to hi-res recordings from the Grateful Dead’s legendary vault on the brand new Play Dead app.

The app, which comes courtesy of the popular streaming site nugs, “offers Deadheads unprecedented access to the Grateful Dead’s live legacy; bringing together for the first-time ever the Grateful Dead’s previously unreleased vault recordings in high-resolution audio, as well as releases previously only available on CD,” according to a news release.

The app was developed in partnership with Rhino Entertainment (the longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog) and was authorized by Grateful Dead Productions.

The Play Dead offers newly transferred, mastered and enhanced recordings from the vault; new weekly vault releases curated by David Lemieux and mastered by David Glasser; CD-only releases streaming for the first time (yes, even the fabled “Dave’s Picks” series); and more.

“Play Dead kicks off the largest tape transfer project in the history of rock ‘n roll. We are pulling tapes off the shelf of the vault and transferring them at their highest resolution to date, and mastering in the studio for the first time,” said Brad Serling, founder and CEO of nugs. “These tapes were in the room with the band each night, and Play Dead will be the official hi-res streaming home of the vault, browsable chronologically in the order the music was performed. Working with Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino, we are giving listeners unprecedented access to 30 years of live recordings, via one of the greatest live archives ever assembled, with new discoveries coming every single week.”

Play Dead stand-alone subscriptions run $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year. But there are also nugs bundle/add-on options.

The Play Dead app is available on both the App Store and Google Play as well as at playdead.app.

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