Tag Archives: Everest

Public Service Broadcasting / Smoke Fairies – The Ritz, Manchester

Posted on May 1, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s ironic that the night we decided to do without the car and took the train to Manchester, my better half and I were let down by public transport. Not so much Public Service Broadcasting as Replacement Bus Service, cheated … Continue reading →

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The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk review

Posted on February 20, 2015 by writewyattuk

It was supposedly a happy accident that Public Service Broadcasting stumbled upon correlations between the sublime Everest on their debut LP and a mention of George Mallory’s historic Peak XV explorations while working on their second. Either way, it was … Continue reading →

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Exploring the gravitational pull of Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk interview

Posted on February 13, 2015 by writewyattuk

I’m not alone in my fascination for all things space-related, and was captivated as a child by the later Apollo missions, at least one of which I vaguely recall catching on telly at primary school in the early ’70s. And … Continue reading →

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Mission accomplished … but the public service beat goes on

Posted on May 9, 2013 by writewyattuk

In which writewyattuk runs the rule over the eagerly-awaited debut LP from Public Service Broadcasting – Inform, Educate, Entertain … and discovers a ready-made classic.  It’s always a nervous experience when a band you’ve learned to love during the incubation … Continue reading →

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