ALBUM REVIEW: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / JULES BUCKLEY – THIS NEW NOISE

No band could have been more suited to performing at a Proms celebrating the centenary of the BBC than Public Service Broadcasting. Their name alone, let alone that their 2013 debut album was titled ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’, the mantra of original BBC Director General, John Reith, as to the Corporation’s role, make them […]
Public Service Broadcasting is a band that ought not to be able to release more than one album. The formula of putting music to samples of archive footage is something at first arresting; it’s the sort of simple-but-effective idea you can’t believe nobody has exploited properly before. However, having heard the band’s fascinating debut record […]

Album Review: Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING SHARE NEW VIDEO

Public Service Broadcasting have shared a video to accompany their new single, Go! The track is taken from the band’s second album, The Race For Space, which was released on Test Card Recordings this week. The band take samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material, which they fuse around their unique […]
Public Service Broadcasting today unveil the video for the first single from their upcoming second album, The Race For Space. A brassy, funk-heavy superhero theme song for the most famous man in the world at the time, ‘Gagarin’ reveals a new side to the band – not least their considerable dancing skills. Once again given […]

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING’S FIRST SINGLE FROM SECOND ALBUM

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING SECOND ALBUM DETAILS AND TRAILER

Following the critical and commercial success of their debut album last year and 18 months’ extensive touring across the world, Public Service Broadcasting have confirmed the release of their eagerly anticipated second album, The Race For Space. To mark the occasion, the band will perform two very special live transmissions from the National Space Centre, […]
Public Service Broadcasting have announced their first new music, since their debut album Inform – Educate – Entertain in May 2013, as part of Record Store Day 2014. Available on exclusive, limited edition white 7” vinyl, it samples archive footage from the Netherlands’ Eleven Cities Tour: the Elfstedentocht – world’s biggest ice skating race. The […]

NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING ANNOUNCE RECORD STORE DAY RELEASE

NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE + BUSY SUMMER GIG SCHEDULE

Public Service Broadcasting released their debut album ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’ on 6 May 2013 through Test Card Recordings, entering the UK charts at #21. The accompanying album tour saw sell-out shows around the country, including Manchester’s Sound Control and 2 dates at London’s Village Underground. The next single taken from the album, ‘Theme From PSB’ […]
Public Service Broadcasting get back on the road in 2013 with new single ‘Signal 30’, a cautionary tale of the dangers of disrespecting the rules of the highways and byways, and their hardest-hitting track to date. The lead single from their imminent debut album ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’ (out May 6), the relentless, high-speed […]

VIDEO: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – ‘SIGNAL 30’

Album Review: Public Service Broadcasting – Inform – Educate – Entertain

I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when this début album from Public Service Broadcasting popped into my inbox recently. Frustratingly, it turns out that I missed them playing in Bolton by a week or so (review here), and I’m certain that the added live audio visual dimension would’ve enhanced my feelings towards it. From the couple […]
Public Service Broadcasting get back on the road in 2013 with new single ‘Signal 30’, a cautionary tale of the dangers of disrespecting the rules of the highways and byways, and their hardest-hitting track to date. The lead single from their imminent debut album ‘Inform – Educate – Entertain’ (out May 6), the relentless, high-speed […]

NEWS: PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘SIGNAL 30’