In Cold Blood is the second single off of Alt-J’s third full length LP, “Relaxer”. It premiered on March 29th, 2017 live on Mistajam’s show on BBC Radio One. The band introduced this song in their newsletter and on social media saying:
It’s a song we began writing in our Leeds days and finished las...
[Verse 1]
Zero one one one zero zero one one
Crying zeros and I'm hearing one one ones
Cut my somersault, sign my backflip
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me
[Verse 2]
Hair the way the sun really wants it to be
Whiskey soda please, your G&T is empty
Jeff's inflatables have sunk to the bottom
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool summer
Kiss me
[Bridge]
Cali let's dive, dive down
To the pool's bottom where we belong
Cali you're sinking like a bleeding stone
All above crowd around, so fucking loud
[Chorus]
Mr. Caspian's killer told me so (La-la la-la la la)
Heard it down on the radio (La-la la-la la-la la)
My pool, summer, summer, pool, summer vibes killed
In cold blood
[Verse 3]
Zero one one one zero zero one one
Crying zeros and I'm hearing one one ones
Lifeless back slaps the surface of the pool
Pool killer, killer pool, pool killer
Kiss me
[Chorus]
Mr. Caspian's killer told me so (La-la la-la la la)
Heard it down on the radio (La-la la-la la-la la)
Pool, summer, summer, pool, pool, summer vibes killed
In cold blood
[Outro]
La-la la-la la la (In cold blood, in cold blood)
La-la la-la la la
La-la la-la la la (In cold blood)
La-la la-la la la
(Caspian's killer told me so)
La-la la-la la la
La-la la-la la la
(Caspian's killer told me so)
La-la la-la la la
La-la la-la la la
La-la la-la la-la la
In cold blood
In Cold Blood was written by Thom Sonny Green & Joe Newman & Gus Unger-Hamilton.
In Cold Blood was produced by Charlie Andrew.
alt-J released In Cold Blood on Wed Mar 29 2017.
The artwork originally came from an image of normal texture crystals in the Japanese game, LSD: Dream Emulator.
This continues a trend with singles from Relaxer—the first single, “3WW” also featured artwork derived from the game.
This song was started when we were still students in Leeds, finally finished in the sessions for this album. Sometimes it happens that way. The title comes from the book of the same name by Truman Capote — however, this was mostly because it sounded good rather than due to the song being about mass...