FINNEAS “Where The Poison Is,” speaks the loudest in a room, and knows just when to uncover his mouth. In the wake of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s history-making win, American singer-songwriter and producer Robb released a biting, emotional single that sounds more like a statement than a song.
Penned and produced by FINNEAS himself, the track is a direct retort to the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, following his loss in the recent election and his subsequent refusal to concede. Instead of obscuring himself in metaphor, FINNEAS opts for transparency and conviction. It’s a stripped-back, biting track that lays bare the weight of its lyrics. There’s anger here, but there is also relief, a sense of breath out after years clamped tight.
Produced by FINNEAS with a deliberately delicate touch, allowing the message to hit home without a lot of clutter. His vocal delivery is relaxed, but there is a stern resolve at work here, as if he has already been through the chaos and is now just speaking the truth. In 2015, when he posted the track on social media with the words You’re fired, highlighting its bracing candor and societal resonance, it felt very of that moment.
“Where The Poison Is” is not made for the charts, it’s made for the moment. It’s the sound of a sense that many artists and, in some cases, listeners had felt as they entered a moment of upheaval and uncertainty in American history. FINNEAS proves that protest music does not have to shout to resonate. Sometimes, precision speaks louder than volume.
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