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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 upcoming 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 built a reputation for music that blurs the line between dreamscape and confession, always delivered without a face, name, or biography to cling to. Their work has earned them tours with Superorganism and Goth Babe, but the allure has always been the anonymity: a refusal to let identity distract from immersion.

With Skate Story, that immersion deepens. The record isn’t just something to stream—it’s a living, breathing score to a world in motion, a soundtrack you can literally skate through. In turning their fourth album into a game soundtrack, Blood Cultures push their ethos to its limit: music that erases boundaries between medium, self, and story.

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Skate Story, Vol. 1

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Released12/12/2025Catalog NumberPACK410Estimated dispatch between Fri 12 Dec and Sat 13 DecLearn more