The longest shadow of all however is perhaps inevitably cast by David Bowie, particularly the era from which sprung the incontestable genius of Heroes and Low. Here, the Warszawa-evoking The Visitor pays tribute, ruminating on his other worldly gift for helping society to assimilate concepts once seen by many as uncomfortably alien. Go! captures the final minutes of the Apollo 11 moon landing, except in the PSB version the mission controllers all shout their positive mission states of “Go!” in perfect 4/4 time. The audience did it too, with associated punching of the air. This tune is a massive crowd favourite and was notable for some of the fastest rhythm guitar playing I’ve ever heard. I’ve no idea how Willgoose’s Telecaster retained all six strings by the time he’d finished with it. Perhaps it didn’t. Perhaps it never does. Spitfire" – 26 March 2012 [26] [27] [28] [29] which won the BBC Radio 6 Music Rebel Playlist. [30] The song sampled dialogue and sound from the 1942 film " The First of the Few", and the video incorporated footage from the same film.

a b Musicpublished, Computer (6 October 2021). "Public Service Broadcasting: "I don't think we've had so much fun in the studio as the day we were just smashing stuff up" ". MusicRadar . Retrieved 16 February 2023. Public Service Broadcasting win Rebel Playlist at 6 followed by an addition to the main daytime playlist!". Popular News. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012 . Retrieved 20 May 2012. As well as EERA, the album’s other guest voices include Blixa Bargeld, veteran of The Bad Seeds and Einstürzende Neubauten, and Andreya Casablanca of Berlin garageistes Gurr. A very pro-European record, Bright Magic is ultimately not just about one city, but all centres of human interaction and community which allow the free exchange and cross-pollination of ideas.

J F Abraham – flugelhorn, bass guitar, drums, assorted other instruments including a vibraslap, electronic musical instruments, arrangements (2016–present; session contributions 2014–2015)

Every Valley from 2017 was another poignant album recalling the reverence steeped upon the coal mining industry through the 1970s followed by the ruthless shafting it took during Thatcher’s 1980s. The band played Progress and People Will Always Need Coal to reminisce the former period and All Out to recall the latter. All Out has become something of a powerful staple in any PSB performance. Focusing on the policing of the year-long miners’ strike in 1984, it’s about as loud and aggressive as the band get. Willgoose crashed guitar chords off the walls while 30-foot-high pitched battles between miners and police played out behind him. It’s an extremely angry piece of music reflecting an extremely angry time.P ublic Service Broadcasting will release their fourth album, Bright Magic, on 24th September 2021 via Play It Again Sam. An album in three parts ( Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic), it is their most ambitious undertaking yet, bringing you to Europe’s heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is the ‘Hauptstadt’ of the Federal Republic of Germany – Berlin.