Clean indie-pop vocals drifting over polished synths like a curated playlist for settlers who need to believe everything's fine. Official Mars Radio is Surviving Mars' in-game station that sounds like it was designed by a PR team to keep morale up on a failing colony.
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"It's Going To Be Okay With Me" is almost too on-the-nose with its gentle reassurance. "Shores Of Mars" pairs dreamy guitars with lyrics about a planet that has no shores at all, which is kind of perfect. "Gray Hole" gets a little heavier, hinting at the loneliness underneath the optimism.
The whole station walks this line between comforting and unsettling depending on your headspace. If you like your background pop with a slight undercurrent of existential dread, this station delivers.