Poppy Releases New Single “Bloodmoney” with Violent Music Video
Poppy’s heavy new direction continues with “Bloodmoney,” the third single to be released from her forthcoming album, I Disagree, following the title track and “Concrete.”
“Bloodmoney” is more EDM than metal but is no less heavy than the previous two singles, with abrasive, pulsating blasts of low-end noise punctuating Poppy’s screeched vocals (and a guitar solo for the metalheads). The track is catchy enough, but in typical Poppy fashion the lyrics are dark as fuck: “What does it feel like to have my soul sucked out of my body?” she asks, before wondering “What do you believe when everyone is watching? What do you believe when nobody is watching?”
Even more impressive is the video, a one-camera, single-take affair (perhaps one or two clever cuts, hard to tell though) that features the waifish singer taking on gigantic men in SWAT-like garb with a crowbar and her own two hands. Yeesh. I wouldn’t fuck with Poppy in a dark alley, would you?
Poppy just announced headline tours of the U.S., U.K. and Europe this coming winter; dates below, and tickets here. I Disagree comes out on January 10 via Sumerian Records; pre-order here.
Jan 22 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Jan 24 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
Jan 25 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
Jan 27 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand at Complex
Jan 28 – Denver, CO – Gothic
Jan 30 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdan
Jan 31 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
Feb 1 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
Feb 2 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Feb 5 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Feb 6 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Feb 7 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
Feb 8 – Washington, D.C. – U Street Music Hall
Feb 10 – Charlotte, NC – Underground
Feb 12 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
Feb 14 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft at Center Stage
Feb 15 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
Feb 16 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Feb 19 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
Feb 20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Pressroom
Feb 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Fonda Theater
Mar 12 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2
Mar 13 – Glasgow, UK – Cathouse
Mar 14 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy 2
Mar 15 – London, UK – Heaven
Mar 17 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg
Mar 18 – Brussels, BE – Orangerie
Mar 20 – Paris, FR – Le Trabendo
Mar 21 – Bochum, DE – Zeche
Mar 22 – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
Mar 24 – Munich, DE – Backstage Halle
Mar 25 – Milan, IL – Santeria
Mar 26 – Vienna, AT – Flex
Mar 27 – Zurich, CH – Plaza
Mar 29 – Barcelona, SP – Sala Razzmatazz 2
Mar 30 – Madrid, SP – Sala Caracol
