New Music Discovery: Public Library Commute
Alison Pegg
It’s amazing the kind of recollection our brains have when it comes to music. Like smell, a familiar song can take you back to a specific place, time or even feeling, all after just a couple bars played.
My latest song recollection isn’t as poetic as that previous paragraph sounded, but led to me to putting a name to a new-to-me-artist, which is one of my intentions for this year.
A little backstory: I’m a big fan of Mojave’s weekly vlogs – she’s a NYC fashion worker who documents her adventures around the city and in her kitchen. Our aesthetic tastes are similar, and her minimalist downtown vibe is just so chic.
Her vlog also features an assortment of indie pop musicians – one of them being Public Library Commute.
This is the song that originally caught my ear:
Conrad Hsiang is the man behind the Public Library Commute moniker. His music is dreamy, floaty and uplifting, it’s the perfect indie-pop playlist for a warm summer afternoon. It’s fitting that his song “Summertime” is his most popular on Spotify, but it’s his EP 1000 Summers that landed him on some of Spotify’s biggest playlists.
Given the temps outside right now, Public Library Commute’s music is the perfect listen to transport you somewhere warm.
Listen Here: