Written by Lauren Rosier
The Gothic pop singer/songwriter, Venus Blake, unveils her brand new, compelling album, The Other Side of Midnight, available now on all streaming platforms. Filled with topics of insolation, addiction, and lost love, Venus’ powerful vocals and intense lyricism make this artist one to watch.
Upon pushing play on the album, and listening to the first track, “Hungry Ghosts,” I could tell that Venus Blake is an artist with a unique voice, an incredibly talented and compelling lyricist, and a talented multi-instrumentalist. “Hungry Ghosts” is an anthem for the outsider. It’s a song for those who feel lost, for the lonely, the broken, the sad, and the ones who feel like they don’t belong.
The second song is titled “Red Wine” and this track opens with the most beautiful piano base paired with her delicate, soft vocals. This song is about an isolated artist, alone with only a piano, and a bottle of red wine. It’s a song that yearns for poetry, magic, and romance.
On the track, “Tragedy,” Venus sings about the pain of loving someone who is in the depths of addiction. It talks about how she wants to escape, but is unable to let go, and refuses to give up on them.
The next song, “Love We Lost,” is an excellent example that showcases her incredible powerhouse vocals. The track is about yearning for “lost love” and about things that have happened in the past. A song about a breakup that never thought would happen or a love that you thought would last forever until the end. Venus Blake‘s voice soars in this song and truly shows her range and multi-instrumentalist abilities.
I really enjoyed the track, “Here Comes The Flood,” because it has a darker vibe compared to the songs prior to it on the record. The track is an angry breakup song, one-minute singing, “there is nothing in the world that I would ever give up for you my baby’’ then the next singing, “‘’never thought that I would miss you but I do…” The flood that she sings about is both the “flood” of tears, while also destroying everything to do with her ex-lover.
I love the song “Ashes.” It is absolutely beautiful. The song is about “all the people we used to love,” the places we used to call our homes, and all the memories and “ashes” they leave behind for us. The song is a heartfelt, sincere, and gentle track that illustrates her powerful vocals and her ability to paint an image with words.
Overall, the album is a great example of a unique and powerful vocalist whose songwriting capabilities are able to illustrate her emotions and experiences in a way that the listener can understand easily.
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