Fresh Blood (song)

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"Fresh Blood"
Eels - Fresh Blood.jpg
Single by Eels
from the album Hombre Lobo
A-side "Fresh Blood"
B-side "Devil's Dog"
ReleasedApril 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)
Recorded2009
Genre Rock [1]
Length4:23
Label Vagrant, E Works
Songwriter(s) E
Producer(s) E, Kelley Logsdon
Eels singles chronology
"Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)"
(2005)
"Fresh Blood"
(2009)
"A Line in the Dirt"
(2010)
My Timing Is Off
Eels - My Timing Is Off.png
Cover to the British "My Timing Is Off" single, featuring "Fresh Blood" as a B-Side

"Fresh Blood" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as the first single from their 2009 album Hombre Lobo .

Contents

Content

The song is about a werewolf who desires "fresh blood". E has described the song as a sequel to "I Want to Protect You". [2]

Release

On March 31, 2009, the band made the track available on Spinner.com, [2] explaining that the song would be the lead single for the album.

A music video directed by Jesse Dylan premiered on April 29, 2009. [3]

A 7" single was released on May 18, 2009, in the United Kingdom featuring the album track "My Timing Is Off" as an A-side backed with "Fresh Blood". [4] Both singles were made available on the iTunes Store.

Legacy

The song was featured in the sixth-season episode "Legacy" of the TV series Rescue Me and the end credits of the third-season episode "Fresh Blood" of the series True Blood . The song was also featured as the opening theme for the first season of HBO's documentary series The Jinx (titled The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst) and recently as the opening and closing theme to Amazon's Original series Sneaky Pete . "Bone Dry" from the 2018 album The Deconstruction was written as a sequel to this song. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by E

Digital download
  1. "Fresh Blood" – 4:23
  2. "Devil's Dog" – 3:42
7"
  1. "My Timing Is Off" – 2:57
  2. "Fresh Blood" – 4:23

References

  1. Casalena, Em (October 28, 2024). "5 Underrated Rock Songs That Are Perfect for a Refined Halloween Playlist". American Songwriter . Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "'Fresh Blood' on AOL Music". AOL Music. 2009-03-31. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  3. ""Fresh Blood" music video". Stereogum. 2009-04-29. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  4. "Eels' UK store" . Retrieved 2009-05-09.
  5. O'Connor, Roisin (April 6, 2018). "Eels Unveil an Incredible Animated Video for 'Bone Dry' – Premiere". The Independent .