This episode of Escape Velocity starts off with a proper blast-off set that weaves together the seemingly unlikely flow of Steve Miller, Tribe Called Quest, Future Sound of London and... Montrose featuring Sammy Hagar? Once transported into the musical stratosphere, we find this particular world is populated with a lot of jangly indie rock ranging from giants like REM, to the hyper local.

Set list:

Space Intro - Steve Miller
The Space Program - A Tribe Called Quest
We Have Explosive - The Future Sound of London
Space Station #5 - Montrose
Radio Free Europe (Jackknife Lee Remix/2025) - REM
Stevie - Diary
To Take - Pants Yell!
Piece the Veils - Six Select
Say No to Love - the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Clara Bow - 50 Foot Wave
Found Love - Darkside
Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
Skeletons - The Sound
Visage - Visage
Myths Come True, Pt. 2 - Mount Eerie
Devil in the Subtext - Creepoid
Metal - The Beths
Staring At the Sun - Ultravivid Scene
Butterfly - Love and Rockets
Natural Selection - UNKLE (featuring the Black Angels)
Holiday - Bryan Ferry (featr. Amelia Barret)
Long Live the Strange - Gaz Coombes
Loline - The Bats
Stonefly - Maria Somerville
Zebleyalo Agne - Le Mystere des voix bulgares
Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Strange Religion - Mark Lanegan
Oh I Wept - Free
Pop - Gas