A band quite unlike any other, Public Service Broadcasting found immediate success debuting in 2013 with the instrumental LP, Inform–Educate–Entertain. Having taken an early decision to replace lead vocals with samples sourced from the British Film Institute and National Archive, PSB quickly carved a unique space in the alternative rock scene, following up with similarly themed concepts on subsequent LPs, The Race for Space, Every Valley and Bright Magic.
For their fifth album, The Last Flight, chief songwriter J. Willgoose Esq. was keen to highlight some sort of underrepresented female icon, eventually plumping for aviator Amelia Earhart. In 1922, aged just 25, the pioneering American flew higher than any woman had before and later broke speed and distance records while becoming the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
