29. Rat Discusses Public Service Broadcasting, The Race for Space

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You, Me and An Album travels across the Atlantic for this episode, and then our guest takes us to the moon! This week’s guest is Rat, the guitarist for Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Obey Robots, and he delves into Public Service Broadcasting’s The Race for Space. In addition to discussing each track on the album, Rat explains how he became a fan of PSB, which guitarists have influenced his playing, when we can expect Ned’s Atomic Dustbin to play live shows and when we might get to hear the first Obey Robots album.

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Rat is also on Twitter: I incorrectly left out the underscore on Rat’s handle when providing it on the show. He is @rat_ned.

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Rat made a couple of references to PSB’s track, Spitfire. Check out the video for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE

I made a reference to PSB’s new video for People, Let’s Dance. It’s worth taking four minutes to listen to and watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0MTqhf9xPo

And here is the link to PSB’s performance on the KEXP YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rZNQppYngA&t=1115s

I have since found that they have made an even more recent appearance on KEXP, which includes a performance of Go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScesON6Kx4

0:59 Rat joins the show

1:16 Rat has one degree of separation from Public Service Broadcasting

2:22 Public Service Broadcasting is not a typical band

3:25 When will there be an Obey Robots album?

6:55 Ned’s Atomic Dustbin’s tour plans

10:34 Which guitarists were inspirations to Rat when he was growing up?

12:02 Which music has Rat been enjoying more recently?

13:40 Rat is a big fan of The Wonder Stuff

14:54 How Rat got into PSB

17:31 The specific aspect of PSB’s music that really appeals to Rat

18:55 PSB: prog or not prog?

19:36 Some of PSB’s venues were as unique as their music

Track-by-track breakdown

22:49 The Race for Space

27:10 Sputnik

29:02 Gagarin

31:53 Fire in the Cockpit

35:00 E.V.A.

40:49 The Other Side

43:52 Valentina

46:23 Go!

52:37 Tomorrow

59:51 Why Rat thinks the album needs to be listened to as a whole

1:01:23 Rat anticipates that PSB will continue to create great work

1:06:33 What does Rat carry over from music he loves into his own music?

Outro music is Cut Up by Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

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