Venom-Laced Tears (Pop) Antoin Gibson comes to our blog this week with a roiling stormcloud of a track, “Venom-Laced Tears”. The record is equal parts dark, dangerous and ethereal, with a soundscape that we’d best describe as mystical. But while the production is delightfully lush, what hits us the hardest about the track are these delightfully poetic lyrics, descriptive and captivating. This is a track you want to listen to over and over again to capture every word. Delivered with a seductive whisper reminding us a lot of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy”, Antoin slithers like a snake on this track. Dark, moody and intoxicating, we dug this excellent example of a stellar pen game.
Best Lyric: “Teardrops of venom cleanse the disease by disintegrating you.”