Courtesy of Northbound Festival

“Go!‰” by Public Service Broadcasting

Every so often, I‰’m scrolling through my Twitter feed or Tumblr dashboard when I‰’m out in public and see someone has retweeted or reblogged a music video. Usually, I scroll past it without really thinking because I doubt the whole metro station or dentist‰’s office wants to hear music—especially if I don‰’t even know what it is (and let‰’s be real, as much as I love them, I don‰’t lug my Sennheiser headphones everywhere). However, I sometimes wonder what I missed. And, the one time it seemed to matter most, I remembered to go back and managed to find the post that contained the music video to “Go!‰” by Public Service Broadcasting.

I was initially intrigued by the artist name; it just sounded like something that would be relevant to my interests. And hoo boy, it was. Public Service Broadcasting (PSB for short) is a musical duo based out of London that creates instrumental indie music. So unique, right? Well, what makes them incredibly interesting and different is that at the center of each song are samples from the public domain, including old information and propaganda films. In the case of “Go!,‰” they use flight recordings from the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing. The music is expertly crafted around these samples in a way that I don‰’t think can be matched.

So, this casual space nerd has had this song and most of their 2015 album The Race for Space, as a matter of fact, on repeat for most of the summer. It‰’s mostly feel-good indie rock with nerdy samples, and it makes me incredibly happy. And it‰’s like nothing I‰’ve ever heard before. Definitely one of my top songs of this year.

RIYL: SPAAACCCEE, indie-rock/pop