I’ve never learnt to drive, and while I’ve always told myself it’s impractical – unnecessary, expensive, potentially dangerous for someone with undiagnosed but, I suspect, incredibly likely dyspraxia – I’m not sure it’ll ever stop being one of those quiet regrets; the ambient type that don’t really bubble to the surface much unless I’m watching a Noah Gervais road trip video, but just float there and make my mood like, 1.5% worse at all times.
So maybe it’s just me, but there’s a sense of intense freedom and adventure to Keep Driving’s Steam demo that belies its prosaic, tractor-tailing subject matter. The opening minutes are oddly silent, until Westkust’s Swirl blasts out from your radio as soon as you drive off toward your first destination – your mate’s house, to hang out and play console games. It comes on strong and sweet; a rush of wind through an open window on a warm morning.