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Weyes Blood’s “Andromeda”: The Otherworldly Official Video Released For The Fifth Anniversary of Titanic Rising

Weyes Blood is sharing a new video for “Andromeda” from her acclaimed 2019 album on Sub Pop Titanic Rising in celebration of the album’s five-year anniversary.
 
The long-lost video was partially filmed in 2018 and wasn’t completed until 2024. Directed by Natalie Mering, Ambar Navarro, and Colton Stock. “Andromeda” stars Mering in multiple dimensions - as an astronaut and a mysteriously omniscient alien riding a meteor.
 
“Andromeda” is from Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood’s massively acclaimed 4th album, which ended up on over 100 year-end critics lists in 2019 and would further receive “Best of the Decade” inclusion from the likes of The AV Club, Brooklyn Vegan, PASTE, Pitchfork, and UproxxTitanic Rising has sold over 157k (consumption) since release, with “Andromeda” being streamed over 80 million times, making it Weyes Blood’s most popular track to date. Watch her Glastonbury performance of “Andromeda” filmed for BBC Music now.
 
Weyes Blood’s most recent release is the equally acclaimed 2022 album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, also available now from Sub Pop
 
Praise for Weyes Blood’s Titanic Rising:
Titanic Rising is a revelation.”
★★★★★  - MOJO
 
“She combats dread through empathetic songs that are propelled by a masterful understanding of lush, ’70s pop harmonics.”
“The 200 Best Albums of 2010s” - Pitchfork
 
“For someone with a documented predilection for idiosyncrasy and experimentation, she sounds completely at ease in
these songs, and ready for bigger things ahead.”
“#1/The 50 Best Albums of 2019” - PASTE
 
“It’s a beautiful and potent mix, one Mering deftly
subverts with hints of madness.”
 “25 Best Albums of 2019” - NPR Music
 
★★★★ - Rolling Stone

Posted by Abbie Gobeli