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The War Room, is a five-track EP from Public Service Broadcasting.

The War Room
EP by
Public Service Broadcasting
Released 28 May 2012
GenreArt rock, indie rock, electronica
Length17:41
LabelTest Card Recordings
ProducerJ. Willgoose, Esq
Public Service Broadcasting chronology
One
(2010)
The War Room
(2012)
Inform-Educate-Entertain
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Independent[1]

The EP is dedicated to J. Willgoose, Esq's great-uncle George Willgoose who died at Dunkirk.[2]


Track listing


No.TitleLength
1."If War Should Come"4:38
2."London Can Take It"3:28
3."Spitfire"3:56
4."Dig for Victory"3:17
5."Waltz for George"2:24
Total length:16:43

Personnel



Samples


The first four tracks on the EP featured each use samples from a different British World War II propaganda film these were If War Should Come (1939), London Can Take It! (1940), The First of the Few (1942) and Dig for Victory (1941).[3]


Cover artwork


The front cover of the EP used a photograph of the bomb-damaged library in Holland House in Kensington, London. A copy is held by the Historic England Archive who record that it was taken on 23 October 1940 and attribute it to Mr. Harrison of Fox Photos.[4][5]


References


  1. Price, Simon (12 August 2012). "Album: Public Service Broadcasting, The War Room (Test Card)". The Independent. London: INM. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. Lester, Paul (12 December 2012). "New band of the day - Public Service Broadcasting (No 1,414)". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. Sleeve notes on the rear cover.
  4. "Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington (BB83/04456) Archive Item - Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington Collection | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. "Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington (FOX02) Archive Collection | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2022.





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