Stream: Poison Fruit - Jojee

Poison Fruit is one of those tracks that really rides on its hook. This has a deliberately disjointed structure that slams a sultry soulful verse into the chorus like ram raider busting into the corner shop for liquor and fags.

The verses itself do their thing fine enough, albeit with lyrics that are just a bit too on the nose for my taste. The big synth stabs on the chorus are something else though: The aural equivalent of the producer stamping on the dual control breaks on a learner driver, stealing the show and letting the established forward momentum slam into the song's rear end.

This is the first track to be taken from Jojee's second EP, due out later this year. Describing the track she said:

"I went through a bit of a rough patch in both my personal life and with my music. Writing "Poison Fruit" was kinda like turning over a new leaf. Not only was I able to get the sour emotions I'd been feeling out but it brought me back to the roots of why I began songwriting. I would say this is Chapter 1 in my new book."

Produced and Mixed by Jon Buscema Lyrics: Venomous, deadly and lethal Felt like Tool makin’ love to the Beatles Strung me out like a thread through a needle. (And you know that you) You dominate, dictate, and subdue Twist yourself into me like a corkscrew Suck the booze out of me until I’m grape juice Don't you play You still think about me every day Don’t pretend it's not your pleasure pain Was it real enough for you Cause I feel like I was fooled When I tasted your poison fruit Was it real enough for you Cause I feel like I was fooled When I tasted your poison fruit Scandalous, petty and foolish Felt like tulips growin’ in sewage Like me better when you have muted Don't you play You still think about me every day Don’t pretend its not your pleasure pain Your pleasure pain Was it real enough for you Cause I feel like I was fooled When I tasted your poison fruit Was it real enough for you Cause I feel like I was fooled When I tasted your poison fruit Tell me, do I look like a girl with no brain? Do I look like a tub with no drain? Do I look like.. Someone who has gone insane? Tell me, do I look like a girl with no brain? Do I look like a tub with no drain? Do I look like.. Someone who has gone insane?