Synth Single Review: “Backstreets of My Heart” by Electrobite & B1ZB1Z

by Karl Magi

Electrobite’s “Backstreets of My Heart” explores the intimate connection between two people. The song commences as gently overlapping synths slide into the music with neon brightness. The lead singer's voice surges with nostalgic, dreaming emotion as the background flickers like blue-tinted street lights. A sharply guiding rhythm supports the chorus as it moves with tender emotion while the funky guitar pulse swirls around the drums.

I enjoy the resonance of the lead singer's performance, as it conveys the liminal quality of the song. The beat moves like a highway under rushing tires while the bass rebounds. As the string section adds a graceful feeling, the vocalist engages me fully with his rich performance. The chimes add tremulous radiance, like distant city lights on the horizon. The vocals float with disembodied smoothness before the disco strings wrap around the underlayer pressing forward. The string section slides out before the song slips to a conclusion.

As the song’s subject and the storyteller drive into the silent night, “the city sleeps under stark neon light.” As the other person takes hold of the wheel, the storyteller says they don’t need Google Maps to know where to go. He goes on to say, “You drive the highways to my heart, you know each turn and every part.” He adds, “I’m like a child falling in love every mile.”

Our narrator says the song’s subject has the keys that make him spark and “you know the back streets of my heart.” He likens the other person to the view from far-away stars as they “ride all night until the morning arrives.” They don’t care about the red lights as they “feel the breeze from the hot, hot summer air.”