Samia Announces Third Album ‘Bloodless’

Photo by Sarah Ritter.

Indie sweetheart Samia announced her new album, Bloodless, on Tuesday via Instagram, accompanying the release of lead single “Bovine Excision.”

Set to release April 25, Bloodless is the singer-songwriter’s third studio album and follows her debut record, The Baby, and sophomore album Honey. Known for her brutally honest lyricism and buttery-smooth soprano voice, Samia is well-loved in the indie scene.

Watch the music video for “Bovine Excision” on YouTube.

According to her Instagram post announcing the album, all pre-sale proceeds will go to the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a California-based organization working for fair wages for incarcerated firefighters battling Los Angeles’s wildfires.

Bloodless’s announcement came with the release of “Bovine Excision,” a tempestuous track that slowly climbs from being a confessional acoustic to a wall of sound as Samia repeatedly pleads “Drain, drain bloodless.” Referring to the song’s cattle-killing title, she said in a statement that she “was drawn to the phenomenon of bloodless cattle mutilation as a metaphor for self-extraction.”

Between the morbid lead single, ghostly album art and gothic font used in branding, Bloodless seems to be a turn towards a more inherently dark theme for the 28-year-old artist.

Produced by Caleb Wright and Jake Lupin, Bloodless was recorded between Minneapolis and North Carolina, with Christian Lee Hutson and Raffaela also having songwriting credits on the 13-track record. Bloodless will be released April 25 via Grand Jury Music and you can presave the album here.