Following the release of Poppy’s recent Empty Hands LP, the multi-hyphenate artist has dropped a new song into the wild as part of the soundtrack for upcoming sci-shooter video game Marathon. Tapping into the game’s dark, dystopian themes, the electronics-heavy song is a collaboration with Son Lux called “In Death We’ve Just Begun.”
The upcoming game, which sees release this Thursday (March 5th), has been described by developers Bungie (Halo) as a “new survival extraction shooter set in a dark sci-fi world.” Following the storyline from the series of Marathon games from the Nineties, you’ll play as a cybernetic “Runner” scavenging lands and facing off against various security forces.
A cinematic video, directed by Harmony Korine (Gummo) and Sam Goldwater, presents said Runners blasting off in various combat situations, while likewise trying to pull off rescue missions.
Scoring that is the juxtapositionally chill collab between Son Lux and Poppy, which wriggles low-undulated electronics, bass pulses and some string-like accents around Poppy’s breathy, survivalist lyrics (“Is there a sign of life in what’s beyond? / If I get out alive, they’ll call me god”).
You’ll find the extended animated Marathon teaser (which doesn’t present actual gameplay) up above, while a player for the electro-ballad on its own is down below. The full soundtrack for Marathon — featuring additional score work from Son Lux’s Ryan Lott — sees release March 6th.
In related news, Poppy recently revealed her summer tour plans, with the North American “Constantly Nowhere” trip taking off July 7th at Washington, DC’s Echostage. The 27-show headline run features from French metalcore act LANDMVRKS and post-hardcore outfit Thousand Below.