Pleasure Victim returns from the shadows with Sweet Nothings, a goth-tinged post-pop gem that feels like a fever dream on a neon-lit dance floor. It’s been a minute since their last release in 2023, but the wait was worth it — this single captures everything fans love about the duo’s sound: moody, magnetic, and irresistibly danceable.
From the opening moments, Sweet Nothings hooks you with its ominous bassline and hazy feedback, before breaking into a surging new wave rhythm that pulses with both melancholy and euphoria. The vocals, haunting yet seductive, float between vulnerability and defiance, perfectly embodying that bittersweet push-and-pull between love and loss that goth pop does so well. The track nods to greats like OMD and New Order, yet still feels entirely modern — a reminder that Pleasure Victim isn’t just paying homage to the past, they’re reinventing it.
There’s something cinematic about the way Sweet Nothings unfolds — a dark romance for the restless soul. And with their forthcoming album on the horizon, the duo is already hinting at deeper themes. As Taylor explains, “For me, ‘Berlin’ is less about a real place and more about a state of mind… a dream city that anyone can have in their heart.” That sentiment seems to echo throughout this single — escapism, nostalgia, and a longing for something both real and imagined.
The husband-and-wife team of Taylor and Alison Hill have carved out a unique space for themselves in the modern dark-wave landscape. With roots in the West Coast goth and industrial club scene, and now working from their Appalachian mountain home, Pleasure Victim continues to prove that their creativity thrives in both darkness and light.
Sweet Nothings is a shimmering, shadowy love letter to the golden age of goth pop
