Black Poppies - new song

[TheBang]

A new Underworld song was played from tape at Bristol for the walk-on. Here's a clip, courtesy of @Schulzi101

https://we.tl/t-pDNQpCOTGJ

Apparently, the name of the song is Black Poppies.

[aphasein]

Nice! Good to get another minimal acapella-ish track. We're getting quite a song count at this point.

[TheBang]

Black Poppies has been released as a separate digital single today, also available on streaming. The artwork is of a section of the display for the album artwork.

https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/bl.../puorsofzmdylc

[saintrik]

Black Poppies (Official Visualiser):

[Dino3D]

Really don't understand why UW had the feeling that this should be released as a teaser song. It's a boring little filler track, but as a single/teaser totally fails. Something really went wrong with this album campaign. With an album announcement they should be released the strongest track from the album to catch attention, but with this song...

[dubman]

I think for a lot of bands the initial songs released speak to the tone of the album. I don't understand it as a single either, so I'm trying to hear it in terms of how they're further introducing this album.

[aphasein]

Well it is the literal first track introduction to the album, so maybe it's more setting the tone as you mention than a single. Or more of a preview, which sometimes happens for the first tracks close to release, as we've already had other singles. Get the feeling Denver Luna was the biggest track, but surprised Gene Pool wasn't next single.

Trying to take in this tracks lyrics and embrace the change, but it is feeling very strange...

[aphasein]

It is a really beautiful short song and I like its simple visuals much better than the album artwork. Interesting that this will lead directly into Denver Luna, Techno Shinkansen, and the colour red...

[botkiller]

I listened to it for the first time driving in the middle of the night from Phoenix to LA the other night, I was wanting more out of it of course but that's because I'm just always expecting the unce to kick in. However, I really love it when they go to the kinda weird/kinda introspective place, and I'm really interested to hear what the rest of the record holds.

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by Dino3D

Really don't understand why UW had the feeling that this should be released as a teaser song. It's a boring little filler track, but as a single/teaser totally fails. Something really went wrong with this album campaign. With an album announcement they should be released the strongest track from the album to catch attention, but with this song...

I'll have a hard time finding one that tops Denver Luna. That track to me is a masterpiece.