“There Are Spiders In My Dreams” brings Poems For Dead People and Intertitle into a dark, hypnotic meeting point between spoken-word poetry and electronic music. Led by vocalist and writer Ryan Kent on one side and Intertitle’s brooding electronic architecture on the other, the collaboration turns repetition into a kind of psychological engine. Noir electronics, post-punk shadows, darkwave atmosphere, and krautrock-inspired momentum all swirl together, creating something that feels less like a conventional song and more like a steadily unfolding nocturnal scene.
The track opens with immersive textures as Kent’s thick, deep, rich voice enters calmly, speaking with assured confidence and an almost unnervingly steady pace. There is something intimate in his delivery, but also detached, as though he is observing his own thoughts from a slight distance. When he delivers the line, “You slip through my fingers/ I slip through your thighs,” a grinding, buzzing texture comes chasing underneath him, making the moment feel simultaneously sinister, sensual, and increasingly desirable, with the music bringing that prowling, predatory, animalistic instinct to it.
The pulsating synthesizers, propulsive bass, shimmering percussion, and steady beats keep the track in constant motion. There is no rush toward a traditional chorus or dramatic release. The lyrics blur anxiety, memory, desire, and imagination into one dreamlike interior landscape.
That relentless forward movement is what makes “There Are Spiders In My Dreams” so immersive. It keeps crawling forward even when the emotional terrain becomes uncomfortable, leaving vulnerability buried beneath the cool surface.
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Review by: Naomi Joan