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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Los Angeles-based alternative metal artist Poppy was produced by Jordan Fish.
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  • Record Label: Sumerian Records
  • Genre(s): Rock, Metal, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Metal, Nü Metal
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Feb 11, 2026
    90
    ‘Empty Hands’ feels defiant in its ambition but never disingenuous or forced. An album unafraid to continue reaching towards the huge spaces not often reserved for this genre.
  2. Mar 18, 2026
    90
    As a culmination of everything she's been building toward in the years since I Disagree, Empty Hands is a towering success, priming Poppy for the arena big leagues with her twisted and wildly engrossing style.
  3. Feb 3, 2026
    80
    This is what it sounds like when Poppy is properly in her element. When she’s got something that lights her on fire, she’s unstoppable, and this is how she’s been able to write possibly her best songs yet.
  4. Feb 3, 2026
    70
    With every track, she proves she’s an artist unafraid to test the edges of her sound – and to make them entirely her own.
  5. Feb 3, 2026
    70
    Empty Hands is at its best when the maximalist arrangements sound big, not bloated, and despite a few clunkers, most of this record plays to those strengths.
  6. Feb 3, 2026
    54
    While her vocals absolutely rule 99% of the time, the instruments just do not measure up. It's hard to even point out specific parts because it all blends together and not in a good way.