‘Space Helmet’ by Jake Brantley is a sweet synth-pop tune that flitters in with flickering synths and wholesome intent. The song’s melodies and expansive mood evoke 2010’s pop rock, with synths that feel and sound like signals bouncing off surfaces. All in want of connection. 

The song’s theme holds onto love, with our narrator and their seemingly tethered to the emotion to keep them from drifting away. “…Put on your space helmet and never let go…you know it gets lonely in outer space, so do all you can to not drift away…”.

‘Space Helmet’ is an earnest love letter of sorts, set to the backdrop of endless, cold space that juxtaposes the warmth that coats lyrical tone. Our narrator, in duet with their lover, sends out signals pulsing with vulnerable emotion, while describing their love as someone one of a kind. 

“…You’re the dream I’ve chased in the shadows…(a) digital daydream…”. 

Pulsing, flickering synths and melodies seem to highlight this sense of distance. A sense that the narrator and their love, though tethered by love, are far apart anyway. Only able to communicate through signals and crackly duets. 

‘Space Helmet’ by Jake Brantley embraces the expansiveness and uncertainty of vulnerable love. 

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