Public Service Broadcasting are on a mission, to inform, educate and entertain with the release of their debut single "ROYGBIV" - celebrating the birth of colour television. Taking samples from old public information films and setting them to new music, J. Willgoose and his drumming companion Wrigglesworth teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future.
Public Service Broadcasting's unique live AV show fuses guitar, drums and banjo with laptop and electronics to a backdrop of samples from public information films from the 40s and 50s screened on a vintage TV set. Musically they blend the guitar and electronic elements of experimental bands like Errors with the speech-driven narratives of leftfield legends like Lemon Jelly and The Avalanches.
The single features b-side "Lit Up", which samples a famous recording from the Royal Review of the British naval fleet in 1937. The band will be taking this theme a step forward in time on their second release in May, which will focus on archive material and propaganda films from World War II.
"ROYGBIV" is set for release on 4th March on Test Card Recordings. Public Service Broadcasting are currently playing a series of live dates lined up across London, Oxford and Leeds for January and February.
25th January – Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London
28th January – Tooting Market, London (Nights At The Market)
10th February – Wheelbarrow, London
15th February – Paper Dress Vintage, London
17th February – Modern Art Museum, Oxford
31st March – Boutique Music Event, Leeds
