Blood/Candy

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{{Infobox album

| name = Blood/Candy

| type = studio

| artist = the Posies

| cover = BloodCandy.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2010|9|10}}

| recorded = 2010

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, power pop, indie rock

| length = 42:34

| label = Rykodisc

| producer = The Posies

| prev_title = Every Kind of Light

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Solid States

| next_year = 2016

}}

{{music ratings

|rev1= AllMusic

|rev1Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002027460|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Uncut

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Roberts |first=Chris |date=November 2010 |title=The Posies: Blood/Candy |magazine=Uncut |page=97 |issue=162}}

}}

Blood/Candy is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band the Posies, released on September 28, 2010, by Rykodisc. It was the band's first album release in five years, following Every Kind of Light.{{Cite web|url=http://theposies.net/?p=2880|title=New Album – the Posies|date=7 July 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.snobsmusic.net/2010/07/posies-returning-with-bloodcandy.html |title=Snob's Music: The Posies returning with "Blood/Candy" |website=www.snobsmusic.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724072309/http://www.snobsmusic.net/2010/07/posies-returning-with-bloodcandy.html |archive-date=2011-07-24}}{{cite web|url=http://musicremedy.com/t/the-posies/album/blood-candy-9021.html |title=The Posies release Blood Candy album |accessdate=2010-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318073136/http://musicremedy.com/t/the-posies/album/blood-candy-9021.html |archivedate=2012-03-18 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rykodisc.com/posies/news/?display= |title=The Posies - News | Artists | RYKODISC |access-date=2010-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913101118/http://www.rykodisc.com/posies/news/?display= |archive-date=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/07/the-posies-announce-new-album-tour.html|title=Paste Music - Guides to the Best Albums, Reviews and Live Music Video}}

The Posies say this is something totally different from what they've tried before. "We subscribe to the 'evolve or perish' philosophy," co-founder Jon Auer says in a statement. "We directed ourselves to new places with this recording and tried not to travel down familiar paths when it could be avoided. Expect the unexpected"{{Cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/07/the-posies-announce-new-album-tour.html|title=Paste Music - Guides to the Best Albums, Reviews and Live Music Video}}

"One of the things I was hoping to do on this record," says Auer, "was go back to the idea of Ken and me writing most of the songs, versus the last recording we did, where we kind of cobbled things together in the studio with everyone. I just felt like we needed to have that time to prepare and actually sit down and write." As a result, Stringfellow says, "I would say that I feel the songs on this one a bit deeper... there's stuff from way down in there that I think gives it a little more soul."{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-sachs/huffpost-exclusive-power_b_642630.html|title=Power-Pop Legends the Posies to Release "Blood/Candy," Their First New Album in Five Years|website=HuffPost|date=12 July 2010}}