Blood Cultures have always thrived in the shadows-anonymous figures cloaked in hoods, channeling psychedelic pop through the haze of Bollywood samples, bedroom electronics, and the uneasy glow of 1970s horror cinema. Now, the project is stepping into an entirely new arena: video games. The group’s fourth studio album also serves as the official soundtrack to Skate Story, the long-anticipated PlayStation title from developer Sam Eng.
It’s a natural collision. Eng’s surreal skateboarding odyssey-equal parts myth, motion, and melancholy-finds its mirror in Blood Cultures’ kaleidoscopic sound design. Across previous albums (Happy Birthday, Oh Uncertainty! A Universe Despairs, and LUNO), Blood Cultures…