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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
Genre	Art rock, indie rock, electronica
Length	17:41
Label	Test Card Recordings
Producer	J. Willgoose, Esq
Public Service Broadcasting chronology
One (2010) The War Room (2012) Inform-Educate-Entertain (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Independent	[1]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

• J. Willgoose, Esq. - Banjo, Electronics, Guitar, Sampling
• Stephen Hackshaw - Strings
• Wrigglesworth - Drums, Electronics, Piano
• Barry Gardner - Mastering
• Charlie Thomas - Drum Engineering

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

External links

• The War Room at Discogs

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