Samia has announced her third album, Bloodless. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Honey, and it’s due out on April 25 via Grand Jury. It was co-produced by two regular collaborators, Caleb Wright and Jake Luppen, and she also worked on it with frequent songwriting partners Christian Lee Hutson and Raffaela. “I’ve spent the past two decades unintentionally conflating an abstract idea of men with my understanding of God,” she says. “The person I became in order to impress this imagined figure is inseparable from who I am today. A significant part of my personality was built around traits and behaviors I believed — whether through observation or hearsay — men would like. With this album, I’ve tried to confront that head-on.” See the cover art and tracklist below.
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“Bovine Excision,” the first single, pairs Samia’s poetic lyricism with warm, appealing indie rock. “I was drawn to the phenomenon of bloodless cattle mutilation as a metaphor for self-extraction,” she says, “this clinical pursuit of emptiness.” Sarah Ritter directed the accompanying video, and you can watch it below.
Samia – Bloodless tracklist
01. “Biscuits Intro”
02. “Bovine Excision”
03. “Hole In A Frame”
04. “Lizard”
05. “Dare”
06. “Fair Game”
07. “Spine Oil”
08. “Craziest Person”
09. “Sacred”
10. “Carousel”
11. “Proof”
12. “North Poles”
13. “Pants”