Neurocrush's first-ever in-house original single, "Silhouettes and State Lines," takes that heated aspect of its music identity and transmutes it into a synthscape journey.
The track also features a song that is not based on chords. Jay wrote the words with a friend of his, who goes by Skye, while they were on a long car ride, when ideas about distance, memory, and movement were mingling together. Her prose is almost like quick flashbacks, evasive panoramas, the pain of departing, the silent pleasure of going to an unidentified place. Independent artist Jay, who established himself over a decade singing and playing the piano in bands doing cover gigs, carried a melodic theme through from one quiet January night. As soon as Skye uttered her words, he instantly knew where they should go.
That's when "Silhouettes and State Lines" became a magical collaboration. Since Jay found a vocalist and producer online through SoundBetter, he was able to translate his online connections into human creativity. In Logic Pro, they crafted a landscape that is both intimate and vast at once, warm synth textures and propulsive beats crisscrossing like an open highway that forever bends towards the horizon. Each note and count echoes the tug-of-war between desire and drive in the lyrics.
There is an intimate message behind the release as well. The artwork is a hand-drawn creation from Skye, the words that started it all. It is a perfect storm of synergy, the kind of energy that makes "Silhouettes and State Lines" come off not just as a song, but as an amulet, something forged with equal parts expertise, faith, and intention.