Blood Cultures (band)

Blood Cultures
OriginNew Jersey, United States
Genres
Years active2013 (2013)–present
Websiteblood-cultures.com

Blood Cultures is an American experimental indie pop group from New Jersey.[1] First known as a single person and now recognized as a collective (a quartet as of 2019), the band's members remain anonymous, their faces obscured by black hoods in all photos.[2][3][4] As they have explained, their anonymity is crucial to their ethos and aims "to keep the relationship between the listener and the music as pure as possible".[5] Hailed as some of the most exciting music coming out of New York by NME in 2018, Blood Cultures' genre-bending sound is often characterized as psychedelic pop, electropop, and chillwave.[3][2][6][7] Blood Cultures released their first album, Happy Birthday, in 2017. The band released its second album, Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs, in September 2019.[8] Their third record, LUNO, was released on May 28, 2021.

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  2. ^ a b Sprinkle, Taylor (July 4, 2019). "Blood Cultures Teases New Album With Single Release 'Best For You'". Study Break. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Schatz, Lake (March 28, 2019). "Blood Cultures provide the Origins for new song "Flowers for All Occasions": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  4. ^ McCoy, Maya (November 25, 2019). "Blood Cultures' "Broadcasting" Asks Questions Without Answers". Kajal. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  5. ^ Kato, Precious (November 19, 2019). "Blood Cultures Deals With Identity in 'Broadcasting' [Q&A]". Ones to Watch. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Likoski, Steve (June 22, 2019). "Anonymous Project Blood Cultures Show What is Geniune, Emotive Art in 'Best For You'; a New Taste of their Album". Eat This Music. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Smith, Thomas; Feltham, Kai (August 7, 2018). "The most exciting new music coming out of New York right now". NME. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Watson, Kayleigh (June 19, 2019). "Blood Cultures return with single "Best For You" and announce new album". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 11, 2020.