Back when the console edition of Cardboard Computer's absolute masterpiece Kentucky Route Zero was revealed, some physical goodies were also unveiled in collaboration with IAm8Bit. Alongside physical copies of the game and a vinyl edition of the soundtrack, there was an additional "mystery vinyl". For long-time fans of the game, it was assumed this was to be a full-length album of music by in-game group Junebug, which had been teased for years. The debut single, 'Static Between Stations', was unveiled four years ago, but now, at long last, the album is available.
Released on Bandcamp as part of the "Bandcamp Friday's" initiative to get more money in the hands of artists during the pandemic, the Junebug LP, Too Late to Love You, packs in nearly an hour of brand new Kentucky Route Zero music, from the game's composer, Ben Babbitt. We recommend not listening until after you've played the game, as a couple of tracks on the album appear in-game, including the track from the game's highlight moment in Episode 3.
Offering an interesting mixture of dream pop and 80s synthpop, the album is wonderful on its own, but with the included context of the game, the listening experience is just made that much better.
Follow this link to check the album out on Bandcamp, and be ready for one hell of a ride!
[source junebug.bandcamp.com]
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THIS IS SO GOOD I JUST COMPLETED KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO LAST NIGHT AND THIS CAME AT THE PERFECT MOMENT I LOVE THIS GAME
@Kidfried The album's soooo good too!!!!!!
This is in my library. I purchased it based on the Push[ ] review. But like many of my purchases, I haven't started it yet. I haven't been able to secure a PS5 pre-order, so I may just stay current gen and work on my backlog. This, completing Days Gone, God of War and Persona 5, starting Horizon...and the ungodly number of multiplats I have. This first though. After Ghost of Tsushima, this will make a nice switch-up.
@lacerz I have meant to start Ghost of Tsushima for ages haha. I bought it day and it's been sitting right next to my PS4 ever since! I've meant to start it basically every day since! Glad to hear you read that review too! One of my personal faves that I wrote!
@gbanas92
Thank you for the review. It sold me on it and I'm starting it after this post. That said...Ghost is amazing. If you have it, play it. Get past the beach and it becomes a jump in, jump out adventure. The majority of the quests, including the main one, are fractionalized so you can quit and resume where you left off. And it's so beautiful!
@Kidfried ive seen good scores for this game. Is it a point and click game? I like point and click, just wondering what type of game it is because it looks wonderful.
@ellsworth004 It'sbasically point and click. There are a couple of areas that function slightly differently, but in the broadest sense, yeah it's point and click. Most of the weird little other things it does are variations on that same formula too!
@lacerz It's without exaggeration my favorite game of all time, extremely excited to hear that!
Oh I am absolutely gonna play it. It's one of those games where I just need to dig in and start it because once I start I'm not gonna play anything else. That's usually how I am with open-worlds games. I definitely high expectations for it before even starting though!
@gbanas92 thanks for the info. Honesty my favorite games anymore are smaller budget indie titles. I have still enjoyed games like ghost of tsushima, god of war, and spider-man, but tbh some of my favorite ps4 games are hollow knight, salt and sanctuary, blasphemous, and terrerria just to name a few. Ive put many more hours into indies this gen than i have big name releases. With the exception of souls like games, but they have one thing in common with alot of indie which is difficulty. Its crazy how these small teams can come up with such original game designs while these huge devs with 100's of people keep putting out the same ole thing.
@ellsworth004 Right there with ya! Around when I started college I noticed my interest in games kinda shift that way too. I still love all the AAA stuff, but all the games that get me most excited tend to be the smaller ones! "Indie Trash" as lots of people like to call them lol. When I think of most of my favorite experiences this gen, almost all of the ones I think of right away are indie games!
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