Public Service Broadcasting Share New 'The Last Flight' Single Towards The Dawn
Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Alex Lake
Public Service Broadcasting have shared another single from their fifth studio album.
Led by propulsive drumming and surfy Dick Dale-esque guitar, Towards The Dawn serves as an intense final preview of 'The Last Flight', which arrives via SO Recordings this Friday (October 4). Invoking a sense of adventure and excitement, it follows on from the previously unveiled cuts The Fun Of It, Electra and The South Atlantic.
The follow-up to 2021's 'Bright Magic' was recorded at the band's South-East London studio, and centres around American aviation legend Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Public Service Broadcasting founder J. Willgoose Esq. said:
"I wanted to do a woman-focused story, because most of the archive we have access to is overwhelmingly male. I was initially drawn in by Earhart’s final fight, rather than the successes that she had, but the more I read the more I became fascinated by her. Her bravery and her aeronautical achievements were extraordinary, but her philosophy and the dignity that she had… she was an outstanding person.
"The final flight is the spine of the journey: the story jumps off at different points, and examines different facets of her personality, her relationship with her husband, her attitude to flying, her attitude to existing. She gave herself, I think, less than a 50% chance of survival when she flew the Atlantic alone. To put yourself, willingly, in those situations… I think it says something about that drive at the heart of humanity.
"However 'The Last Flight' isn’t doom-laden or covered in grief. There’s adventure, freedom, the joy of being alive. The reason why she wanted to fly was to find the beauty in living – ‘to know the reason why I’m alive, and to feel that every minute.’ The flight did fail, but she was right. Of all the people we’ve written about, I have the deepest respect and admiration for her."
The four-piece will support the record with a UK and European tour in October and November, as well as a series of in-store and out-store dates during release week. Tickets are on sale now.
Public Service Broadcasting Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Sat October 05 2024 - LIVERPOOL Jacaranda
Sun October 06 2024 - SOUTHAMPTON Brook
Mon October 07 2024 - BRISTOL Bristol Strange Brew
Tue October 08 2024 - LONDON Pryzm Kingston
Fri October 11 2024 - CORK Cyprus Avenue
Sat October 12 2024 - BELFAST Telegraph Building
Sun October 13 2024 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Wed October 16 2024 - GLASGOW Barrowland
Thu October 17 2024 - ABERDEEN Music Hall
Fri October 18 2024 - MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sat October 19 2024 - LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Mon October 21 2024 - GATESHEAD Glasshouse
Tue October 22 2024 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Thu October 24 2024 - COVENTRY Warwick Arts Centre
Fri October 25 2024 - CAMBRIDGE Corn exchange
Sat October 26 2024 - BRISTOL Beacon
Mon October 28 2024 - CARDIFF University Great Hall
Tue October 29 2024 - LONDON Roundhouse
Wed October 30 2024 - BRIGHTON Dome
Thu October 31 2024 - AYLESBURY Waterside Theatre
Sat November 02 2024 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
Sun November 03 2024 - BELFAST Telegraph Building
Mon November 04 2024 - CORK Cyprus Avenue
Sun November 10 2024 - AMSTERDAM Melkweg (Netherlands)
Mon November 11 2024 - BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique (Belgium)
Tue November 12 2024 - COLOGNE Gebaude 9 (Germany)
Wed November 13 2024 - GRONINGEN Vera (Netherlands)
Thu November 14 2024 - HAMBURG Knust (Germany)
Sat November 16 2024 - OSLO Bla (Norway)
Sun November 17 2024 - STOCKHOLM Kagelbanan (Sweden)
Mon November 18 2024 - COPENHAGEN Vega (Denmark)
Tue November 19 2024 - BERLIN Columbia Theatre (Germany)
Wed November 20 2024 - MUNICH Ampere (Germany)
Thu November 21 2024 - ZURICH Mascotte (Switzerland)
Sat November 23 2024 - MILAN Arci Bellezza (Italy)
Mon November 25 2024 - BARCELONA La Nau (Spain)
Tue November 26 2024 - MADRID Sala Copernico (Spain)
Wed November 27 2024 - SAN SEBASTIAN Dabadaba Club (Spain)
Fri November 29 2024 - PARIS Petit Bain (France)
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