''Music to Scream To'' is the third
soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...
by American singer
Poppy, released on October 20, 2020, through
Sumerian Records. It served as a
soundtrack for the singer's
graphic novel ''Poppy's Inferno'', which was released on the same day.
''Music to Scream To'' is Poppy's first album to be fully composed and produced by herself.
Background
In January 2020, Poppy announced through her
social medias the release of a
sequel for her 2019's graphic novel ''Genesis 1'', called ''Poppy's Inferno''. The book would originally be released in July 2020, being accompanied by a new soundtrack album titled ''Music to Scream To''. In an interview to ''
Revolver
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'', Poppy mentioned she and her fiancé at the time,
Ghostemane, were working on the tracks for the soundtrack, which would be
noise influenced.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the release date underwent several delays, until the book and the soundtrack were both released on October 20, 2020.
Critical reception
Sputnikmusic criticized the album's production, claiming ''Music to Scream To'' is a "gimmick", a "marketing ploy" and that "the tracks are just one soulless note after another".
''
Paper'' noted that its "digital screeches, near-silent stretches and altered ambient noise offer the listener an opportunity for an improvisational shoutalong".
Track listing
References
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2020 soundtrack albums
Book soundtracks
Ambient soundtracks
Poppy (singer) albums
Noise music albums by American artists
Sumerian Records albums
Albums postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic