Poems For Dead People
Ryan Kent is a poet, author, and musician whose works include Poems For Dead People (2014), This Is Why I Am Insane (2017), Hit Me When I’m Pretty (2019), and Everything Is On Fire: Selected Poems 2014–2021 (2025). He has co-authored three collections with Brett Lloyd and released the album Dying Comes With Age (2022 Rare Bird), featuring heavy metal icons like Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) and Jimmy Bower (Eye Hate God), Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) and Eugene Robinson (Oxbow).
Formerly the vocalist of the metal band Gritter (2008–2018), Ryan is working on new music, spoken works and poetry. His latest single, OH YEAH recorded under the moniker Poems For Dead People, features Blank Verse artist Charlie Glenn on guitar, and is a smoke-filled exercise in noir-pop accentuated by Kent’s signature baritone swagger.
Blank Verse Records is proud to announce the release of “There Are Spiders In My Dreams,” the latest collaborative single from Poems For Dead People / Intertitle, available now on all major streaming platforms.
A darkly hypnotic meditation on isolation, repetition, and emotional distance, “There Are Spiders In My Dreams” finds the two projects expanding their shared creative territory through a blend of noir electronics, spoken-word intensity, and motorik-driven rhythm. Built around pulsating synthesizers, driving percussion, and immersive atmospheric textures, the track draws inspiration from the relentless forward momentum of classic krautrock while retaining the cinematic melancholy that has become a hallmark of both artists.
The collaboration emerged from an ongoing artistic relationship between Intertitle, the electronic music project known for its brooding soundscapes and minimalist electronic architecture, and Poems For Dead People, the literary and musical vehicle led by vocalist and writer Ryan Kent. Having previously explored the intersection of poetry, dark electronic music, and narrative songwriting, the two projects found common ground in a shared fascination with mood, repetition, and emotional ambiguity.
On “There Are Spiders In My Dreams,” Kent's evocative vocal delivery moves between intimate confession and detached observation, weaving through layers of analog-inspired synthesizers, propulsive bass lines, and haunting electronic textures. The result is a piece that feels equally indebted to post-punk, darkwave, and experimental electronic music, while embracing the hypnotic pulse and rhythmic insistence associated with krautrock pioneers.
Rather than relying on conventional verse-chorus structures, the track unfolds as a gradual descent into a dreamlike interior landscape. Its persistent rhythm acts as both engine and atmosphere, carrying listeners through shifting emotional terrains where anxiety, memory, and imagination become increasingly difficult to separate.
“This track grew out of a mutual interest in repetition as a storytelling device,” says Kent. “We wanted to create something that feels constantly in motion, almost obsessive in its momentum, while still leaving room for vulnerability and reflection.”
Ryan has been proudly alcohol-free since 2018.
The Big Take Over - “This is music of the liminal spaces, music that borders other, non-musical creative spaces, music that walks fine lines between genres and artforms, music that sits at a point where all manner of disciplines wash up against each other. Music that sounds like the soundtrack to the hottest and most underground, urban dystopia film of the moment, unnerving yet totally reflective, relatable and resonant of the mindset of our times.”
The Indie Grid - “****” “81/100” “Great” “For those attuned to experimental, mood-driven electronic music, this collaboration demonstrates both artists’ willingness to push boundaries, proving that when voice and electronics intertwine with purpose, the result can be as haunting as it is hypnotic.”
Mystic Sons - “Teaming up with Intertitle for his newest outing, 'It Is Howling Here' makes for a wonderfully rich and textured return for him. With his smooth yet haunted vocals gliding across this atmospheric production from start to finish, he is continuing to cement himself as one of the more exciting names on the rise right now.”
FLEX - “But what makes 'It Is Howling Here' remarkable is the synergy between abstraction and narrative. We are invited into a liminal space where memory, machinery, and melancholy converge.”
Dancing About Architecture - “The intent was, apparently, to create a piece of music that sounded like a broadcast received on a long-forgotten frequency, something that felt like it fell between poetry and pulse, memory and machinery, but something other, something from beyond. It is fair to say that this is mission accomplished.
Beach House Magazine - “An impressive track that deserves your full attention”