Luxley gets behind the "Camera Lens" on his latest single [Premiere]

Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to recognize the flaws in our relationships.

Over a bed of synths and guitars that beat with the pulse of Hot Fuss-era Killers, NOLA’s own Ryan Gray, aka Luxley plays concerned friend - or jealous would-be lover - on his latest single “Camera Lens”. Gray yelps with Daryl Palumbo-esque aplomb, lamenting that “whenever he wants you, he captures you”.

As Luxley himself says: "The song is about three people. Star-crossed lovers. He's telling a story about the night he told a beautiful photographer/artist how he feels about her, but she reveals that she's still in-love with a photographer (hence Camera Lens). But what she's doing isn't going to end well with this photographer because he has her on puppet-strings. He’s manipulating her the way a photographer manipulates its subject through the lens of a camera.

The mixture of '80s synth inspired melodies and earnest lyrics and vocals makes me think about the recklessness and heart-pulling of young, romantic love. I want people to feel a sense of desolation that comes with jealousy or a fleeting romance."