Public Service Broadcasting | Inform Educate Entertain [Vinyl] LP

Combining music, spoken word, and visuals, London based duo Public Service Broadcasting were formed in 2010 when a multi instrumentalist and songwriter known as J. Willgoose, Esq. recruited the equally regally named drummer Wrigglesworth following a string of eclectic but, ultimately, unfruitful musical outings that had been going on since the late ’90s. Inspired by listening to archive material from BBC Radio 4, Willgoose began to delve deeper, searching for both audio clips and film footage from throughout the 20th century that he could possibly complement with indie electronic music and vice versa. PSB began to make a name for themselves on the live circuit with an unmistakable set that featured an old walnut veneered ’60s television that they lovingly described as the band’s frontman.A year after EP One, the duo released the single Roygbivand then The War Room, another EP, this time focusing on World War II and, in particular, The Blitz. Sampling propaganda films, sirens, and a film about the invention of the Spitfire on a track of the same name, the EP created further buzz and radio play for Public Service Broadcasting as they prepared their debut album Inform Educate Entertain, which was released in May 2013 on their own label, Test Card. By this point, the guitar, banjo, and electronics of J. Willgoose, Esq. and the intricate drumming from the jazz trained Wrigglesworth were developing into a well rounded, well oiled machine. One of the album’s highlights, Everest,was based around The Conquest of Everest, a 1953 film documenting Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s first successful ascent of the mountain, including the fitting line two very small men cutting steps in the roof of the world.