Infectious duo Neontown have released an irresistible offering ‘You & I.’ Jac and Aure started collaborating over the lockdown period, and they’ve gone from strength to strength straight from the off. They’ve both got an eclectic taste, and their music nods to a range of different genres and influences. The result of putting their ideas together is their own unique sound that can only be described as late-noughties pop music infused with contemporary dance.
‘You & I’ shows this in abundance. Heartwarming synths paint a colourful picture that provides a strong framework. An infectious drum beat drives the track forward and works hand in glove with a grooving bass line. Their lead vocals are signature of their sound – raw, emotional, well-penned and sung with a fantastic delivery.
Speaking to us about the release he says: “You & I is the first song we wrote together as neontown in 2020, while we were trying to figure out the direction we wanted to take. We worked on this song for so long and had a couple of versions until this one came up and it just felt right! The track is about feeling lonely after someone you love has just left without saying how or why. It’s about remembering the good and bad times, the plans, the promises of a future that you will never have together. One thing that we were sure of while writing this song is that we didn’t want to make just another sad song: so we created this big gap between the broken hearted lyrics and the big energy and fast tempo of the instrumental so that we could have a big heartbreak/crying on the dance floor anthem ! We wrote, produced and recorded the track in our home studio in Leeds.”
Neontown’s first single, One of Us, was released in July 2020, and came in the form of an electro-pop anthem about self-love, self-awareness and acceptance. They wanted this track to be the first single as it is about who they are, who their friends are and who they want to be. Jac and Aure are passionate about writing material that people can engage and relate to, and with this in mind, we can only see them going to the top.
