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"'''Purple Blood'''" is a single from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' eleventh studio album, ''[[CYR]]''. It was released on November 20, 2020 with "[[Dulcet in E]]" as the backing A-side. The music video was released a week later as part of the ''[[In Ashes]]'' five-part animated series. | "'''Purple Blood'''" is a single from [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' eleventh studio album, ''[[CYR]]''. It was released on November 20, 2020 with "[[Dulcet in E]]" as the backing A-side. The music video was released a week later as part of the ''[[In Ashes]]'' five-part animated series. | ||
''Rolling Stone'' boasted "Purple Blood" as having a "classic Pumpkins feel, with Billy Corgan lacing his vocals over a big guitar crunch, heavy drums, and some moody atmospheric synth textures,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/smashing-pumpkins-new-songs-purple-blood-dulcet-in-e-1093115/|title=Smashing Pumpkins Release Two New Tracks, ‘Purple Blood,’ ‘Dulcet in E’|first=Jon|last=Blistein|date=November 20, 2020|website=Rolling Stone}}</ref> while ''AllMusic'' highlighted the "gently melancholic" song "Dulcet in E" as one of CYR's recommended tracks, adding that the "soft loneliness recalls other sadly beautiful songs the band have offered up since the early '90s."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cyr-mw0003422082|website=AllMusic|first=Fred|last=Thomas|title=Cyr - The Smashing Pumpkins|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> | |||
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