Blonde Redhead – “Blood Spilled”

It has been well over 30 years since the great New York indie rock trio Blonde Redhead released their debut album, and it has been just over a year since then ended their Coachella set with a powerful statement of solidarity with Palestinian people. They're a band with a great history, and they're ready to add to it today, as they follow their 2023 album Sit Down For Dinner with the new single "Blood Spilled."Like many Blonde Redhead tracks, "Blood Spilled" is a lush, gorgeously oblique sprawl that creates its own kind of atmosphere. Here's what bandleader Kazu Makino, who also did the cover art, says about it:The last few years have been for the world and me a relentless season of loss. Devastated through this era I learned that death means the end of the body but notthe soul.I am still connected to those who are no longer part of this world and the spirits thatwere never part of this world. I speak to them and I hear them. They show me signsto let me know we are much more than our bodies and most of all, I feel their love.There are people who are so afraid of dying and decay that they go against their own interest and the law of nature. While I know death is not the end, I’ve als...