Following the critical and commercial success of their debut
album last year and 18 months' extensive touring & festival
appearances, Public Service Broadcasting are pleased to confirm
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,
Leicester, on 26 & 27 February 2015 these shows sold out in under
24 hours. After touring USA/Aus/NZ/Canada, PSB will embark on a
major UK tour in April / May dates below. Before all of this,
they will be playing 14 dates as the sole support to Kaiser
Chiefs on their UK arena tour where they expect to play to 80k+
people around the country dates below. Recorded at The Pool
Studios and Abbey Road in London and, once again working with
exclusive archive footage from the British Film Institute, the
new record will tell the story of the American & Soviet space
race from 1957 1972 via the duo's eccentric mix of guitar-driven
electronica, propulsive drumming and spoken word samples culled
from this uniquely rich period of modern history. The Race For
Space follows Inform Educate Entertain, Public Service
Broadcasting's debut album which reached #21 in the UK album
charts and was nominated for 'Best Independent Album' at the
Awards 2013, as well as being The Guardian's Album of the Week
and one of BBC 6Music's Top 10 albums of 2013. Press Highlights:
'They blend the voices of the past with the music of the present
to astounding effect' The Independent // 'Genuinely original,
innovating and amazing' Artrocker Album of the Month // Time Out
'Inspirational stuff' // BBC6 Music: 'Absolutely, sensationally
brilliant' Top 10 Albums of 2013 // "Adrenalised post-rock and
electronics..gripping" 4* Mojo // "A sampladelic delight" 4*
Independent on Sunday // "Terrific" GQ // "Brilliant" Q Magazine
// "An extraordinary debut" The 405 // "A truly exciting,
original and innovative band" Loud & Quiet. Short biog: Taking in
archive material from a variety of sources the new album sees the
corduroy-clad J. Willgoose, Esq. and his faithful drumming
companion, Wrigglesworth, continue their mission statement to
Inform, Educate & Entertain. Through both the record and their
uniquely spell-binding live audio-visual 'Transmissions',
audiences witness the band weave samples from these films around
live drums, guitar, banjo and electronics, creating an array of
diverse tracks. What emerges is, by turns, thrilling, moving,
funny and powerful. The Independent's Simon Price said of the
band : 'In their love of history, and their understanding of the
dignity of the wartime generation, they remind me of British Sea
Power, although Stereolab are closer sonically. PSB are
progressive without the florid ornamentation of Prog, dense and
complex with not a semiquaver wasted. It's an industrious,
diligent sound, and, in the , surprisingly danceable:
slamming beats accompanied by old cine footage,
providing a peculiar rtunity to party to Pathe news'.
Festival dates: 1 AUG Kendal Calling The Lake District, Kendal
Calling, United Kingdom, 2 AUG The Beatyard Dublin, The Beatyard
, Ireland, 7 AUG Forgotten Fields Festival Sussex, Forgotten
Fields Festival, United Kingdom, 8 AUG Northbound Festival
Cumbria, Northbound Festival, United Kingdom, 23 AUG Glanusk
Green Man Festival, Glanusk, United Kingdom, 4 SEP Lindesfarne
Festival Northumberland, Lindesfarne Festival, United Kingdom, 5
SEP Freedom Festival Hull, Freedom Festival, United Kingdom, 6
SEP Together The People Festival Brighton, Together The People
Festival, United Kingdom.