Public Service Broadcasting - White Star Liner

‘White Star Liner’ is the title track from the band’s forthcoming EP to be released digitally and on CD 26th October and on vinyl 7th December via Play It Again Sam.
Pre-order here: smarturl.it/whitestarliner
NB - For the pedants out there (us included), yes, we know that's the Olympic in a lot of shots and not the Titanic, but there is more footage of the former and it's used in a purely illustrative manner. Thanks

[@andytyrrell62]

I've just discovered this band and I'm so glad I did. The theme, that is carried through the history of the band's output, is something close to my heart. I love the imagery and the celebration of optimistic times gone by. What it must have felt like to witness, whence before we considered it possible, the events depicted in their music and videos, compared to the cynicism and lack of frontiers to cross today. The guys in the band look great together. They look like the planning and design team in a medium sized factory, which produces hinges and other door furniture, on the outskirts of a town like Chesterfield in the 1930s. I can picture them going for a couple of swift pints of Samuel Smiths during their lunch hour, smoking St Bruno rough cut flake, ready rubbed through a classic briar pipe and discussing whether they should consider introducing galvanised hinges to their already extensive range. The bloke on bass will also retell how he stripped down and rebuilt the engine of a Royal Enfield Bullet in less than an hour at the weekend, before they return to their desks and Bakelite inkwells. They all source their apparel at the same gents outfitters and have their shoes regularly resoled at Saltergate cobblers in the town centre. I love the simple mechanics they use in their composition. Basic but bold rhythms, simple yet emotive chord progressions and gentle building toward crescendo endings which has you dancing before you realise you want to dance. Long may they prosper.

[@mseruditionful9277]

Lack of frontiers? Sounds like you need to go out and be inspired! How about taking a look at machine learning, and marvel at what we can make computers do? We have invented self-driving cars and trucks - now we are only waiting for legislation to keep up so that they can roll out on streets everywhere. And what about hyperloops? Who knows what our infrastructure will look like in two decades! And speaking of big infrastructure projects: aren't you exited about research into clean energy, so that we can power maglev trains and get rid of smog and pollution? What about fusion - we haven't solved that yet! Or accelerator driven thorium plants - that's cool. And speaking of physics: we are discovering new things every year - just think about the major breakthrough that the first measurement of gravitation waves was. That was a massive undertaking, requiring sophisticated statistics and precision mechanics. And think about particle accelerators like the LHC, or the enormous neutrino telescopes super-kamiokande and Ice-cube. Or the first-ever photo of a black hole, just this year! There is so much out there in the universe that we don't know about yet. But I think the most impressive challenge of all is global warming. Humanity got through the world wars and the cold war, now we need to save ourselves and millions of other species on earth once again. How? Also a massive undertaking, requiring new tech and science. Awesome in scale, and the stakes have never been higher.

[@mickrobo6073]

Ms Eruditionful You’re missing the point ..to look back onto Britain and our traditions ..not like the shit hole t’s getting now where you’re in London or any big city for that, you feel a foreigner and frightened of being fucking stabbed.. as with no respect for our traditional values and way of life.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪🌈

[@dominicevans3667]

@@mickrobo6073 You're the one missing the point. PSB believe in Progress and the power of human ingenuity and spirit. Not an idealised past that never existed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmK9k5d9d6akkLM

[@bluefireyoutubezxprofireba7755]

CRINGE

[@buxvan]

@@mickrobo6073 seconded by myself. Sometimes I think that "civilization" is on the way out. Roll on Armageddon.

[@paulhiggins6024]

Good stuff, now I hope they do something about Concorde in the not too distant future.

[@adamnyemusicguy1042]

Yesss 💯!

[@polopowered]

Here's hoping x

[@ericantone8709]

Its been 4 years. Did they ever do something about Concorde?

[@philipmulville8218]

I lived for a time in Belfast and became very fond of this proud and beautiful city. This song raised the hairs on the back of my neck.

[@BFAREY]

A trip through history where I can feel what I did not witness. A tragedy came in soft and suggestive sound. Amazing connective result. Long life to this band!

[@daviddunnmusic8323]

I would love to be able to go back and witness such wonder.

[@drake128]

From the dock I'm assuming

[@markmurphy8778]

“ then she set off for the open sea and New York “ such poignant words 🙏

[@JeffRiyasat]

Such a beautiful song. You guys are the best. Thank you so much for your incredible music.

[@semclaughlan]

Yet another perfect aural sculpture from PSB and I can't wait to listen to the whole EP over and over. They are my first choice for music when I'm driving.

[@spekticat]

The only time I've ever cried/felt emotionally connected to this tragedy. Thanks PSB ❤️

[@pazzabee]

This band just never get old. Superb as always.

[@OwenONeill-jettyboy66]

Only recent discovered this band but quickly added them to my must listen to playlist.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

"a start to a great career" That get me knowing what happened to Titanic

[@rjjcms1]

They called her unsinkable.

[@rde4017]

Titanic is one of the greatest true stories ever.

[@franc_dep6960]

It was such a surprise to hear this song I didn't know about live in Rome yesterday! And I pretty much loved it

[@davidmiller5573]

I love these lads, the optimism in this tune is wonderful. They create soundscapes and pictures in the mind similar to early Roxy Music and Eno.

[@stuartmack7658]

Kicking myself for not discovering this band before now. Well, at least I have discovered them.

[@SeaUrchinZone]

The icebergs at the end are so haunting!

[@TheTarkus10]

Wonderful! The music fits the mood perfectly.

[@AjayBagga9]

Heard this on SoundCloud... Came to say it's lovely!

[@timburr4453]

This is a brilliant walk through the past

[@stanmonzon5788]

This is simply brilliant.

[@pedrogunn9950]

My favourite. Knowing what happened next must break one’s heart (a bit). 😇🤙

[@paulelliott3220]

Superb topic for the mighty PSB to choose Sounding wonderful

[@Hubbledriver]

Make it your business to see these guys live. Absolutely wicked.

[@heneagedundas]

I saw them a few years back at De Montfort Hall. They were glorious.

[@Hubbledriver]

@@heneagedundas Brought tickets for their October gig in Dublin so really looking forward to it.

[@hufclufc]

Everything about this is awesome.

[@paulcrisp9861]

So moving and poignant without a doubt , very haunting indeed. I am so lucky to have seen them performing twice so incredible. Wonderful Wonderful jun twenty three 🙏❤️🇬🇧❤️🙏

[@jamesn8236]

In some of the guitar riffs I keep expecting them go on into a Joy Division/New Order sound. Wonderful.

[@harry.mfowlie9368]

Totally brilliant,, great musicians,,,

[@mikalindqvist5984]

I was so lucky to se you like 4 years ago in Valencia. My good!. All the best to you!

[@edwilson5727]

As the girl at Thompson graving dock said to me.. 'if you only remember one thing about Titanic.. it was FINE when it left here!' (Possibly on fire though..)

[@rde4017]

Nope, the fire likely started in Southampton and was only discovered two hours after she set sail.

[@edwilson5727]

Stoker Charles Osker Hendrickson testified at the British Enquiry on day 5 and day 10 and recalled 'that a fire had broken out in one of the coal bunkers in Belfast and he was tasked with helping to extinguish it, he and three or four other men working until the bunker was clear of coal, he reporting that the bulkhead making up one of the walls of the bunker was left glowing red hot with the paint having fallen off and being warped. To improve aesthetics Hendrickson got some black oil and rubbed it over the bulkhead' From Transcript BOT Enquiry Day 5 : 5236. When did you last see a fire in a coal bunker? - I never saw one before. 5237. It has been suggested that fires in coal bunkers are quite a common occurrence, but you have been five years in the White Star line and have not seen a fire in a coal bunker? - No. 5238. Did you help to get the coal out? - Yes. 5239. Did you hear when the fire commenced? - Yes, I heard it commenced at Belfast. 5240. When did you start getting the coal out? - The first watch we did from Southampton we started to get it out. 5241. How many days would that be after you left Belfast? - I do not know when she left Belfast to the day. 5242. It would be two or three days, I suppose? - I should say so. 5243. Did it take much time to get the fire down? - It took us right up to the Saturday to get it out. As you say it was DEFINATELY on fire at Southampton, but it had been on fire a good while by the time they got it out on the Saturday after they sailed on the Wednesday

[@rde4017]

@@edwilson5727 "Did you hear when the fire commenced? - Yes, I heard it commenced at Belfast." - He had heard that it started in Belfast but didn't know for certain, and neither do we.

[@edwilson5727]

@@rde4017 indeed, we can only go off their testimony and the enquiries held both sides of the atlantic certainly wouldn't hold up against more probing critiques nowadays! Another part of the legendary ship's enduring fascination a century later !

[@rde4017]

@@edwilson5727 As Archibald Gracie said on Collapsible B - "I thought it would make no difference a hundred years hence" - how wrong we can be sometimes!

[@keithphilbin3054]

I hope this track makes its maiden voyage to its destination...

[@marcuslyons7249]

LOVE LOVE LOVE your work! Forge on!

[@huddleup7273]

The bus top today. I suffered today from thinking of not being able to get over a girl called Eipher who kept talking to me at the bus stop like she was in Frozen. This song calmed me out of the situation when I put it on. And so I bought the album on cd for the 🎶

[@Fencemaster]

This is the band i most wish i was in right now. Fuggen lovely stuff.

[@donegal79]

That was just magic!

[@agithandoyo7732]

Your simplicity make me feel the real music.

[@chiefcrazyhorse5492]

Yet another stellar track!

[@bryangarnet3553]

Even better LIVE........Quality band

[@mwardell36]

LOvE FINDING NEW MUSIC AND IM FIFTY THIS YEAR..MUSIC MY BEST FRIend x peace n loVe x

[@penafidelensespelomundo966]

I'm loving this ...

[@amraam83]

marvellous. keep up the awesome work guys!

[@DX115FALCON]

Love it! Can't wait for the next album.

[@aGuyNamedDingus]

That voice reminds me so much of Carl Sagan love this song

[@mysteryincracing]

Up there with “Go”

[@westcumbriantransportfilms4364]

This is just top notch stuff

[@Project-Air]

Love it!

[@elfenomeno.8535]

I am with President of Gobernament of Spain, Pedro Sánchez. Is his favourite song and music.

[@Aaron628318]

They do a lot of songs about things that go up or down. Spitfire, Everest mountaineers, the space race, miners, Titanic...

[@ByteGuy]

Good Ol' reliable, she served well in WW1 (The Olympic I mean) Shame she was scrapped in the '35. Imagine seeing her as a museum today. Alas she was to expensive to keep mored.

[@mikalindqvist5984]

I might beeing repeatin myself. Seeing You in Valencia was brain "damaging" ;). Thank you. Now I'm telling my Finnish friends about you. Every day. Thank You!

[@kostasmpourantas9532]

Looking forward to listening to your new album

[@paulrollo9882]

In the words of the esteemed bard "Damn dude that is some good shit"

[@jimithjameth]

The crew are back and yet again a) teaching the masses History through music and b) How its done :)

[@naomsach]

Teaching history? Care to elucidate?

[@jimithjameth]

haha you know what i mean lacing historic events through music is combining two great things in my opinion ;)

[@naomsach]

yeah but what If it's not historically correct, just more propaganda? "The Brittania" went down, not The Titanic

[@jimithjameth]

aww your right my bad

[@jjpc1]

Looking forward to the Album!

[@carlitobrigante6304]

Let's hope this tune doesn't sink.

[@veikkolappalainen1382]

Enchanting! Come to Finland!

[@OfficialBobCorp]

Brilliant stuff lads!

[@AndyRowarth]

brilliant

[@SteliosFish]

On the ''grey zone'' that rock and electronic music are mixing, Titanic's tragedy was staying alive and played for public broadcasting!

[@tomsharman3136]

Lovely song and video. Who agrees?

[@Elwood.J.Blues13]

Wild. Came to comment in regards to having listened to this a few times over the last few days and only just now registered the Titan sub situation going on over the last few days and this song is about the Titanic and my brain never made the connection on the coincidence

[@signalmanmusic4225]

The vocals are reminiscent of Mogwai, excellent stuff. An influence on my own music

[@charliemelly6723]

Sung about before, but can't help thinking PSB doing the Manhattan Project to Enola Gay dropping the first atomic bomb in anger would be a great subject. Even doing "nuclear" as an album - the potential, the destruction...

[@troyboy4345]

This track wont sink …

[@jugglerjim01]

Awesome!!

[@mackenziebrock8137]

Judging by this video I would say this song is actually about the Olympic, not the Titanic, which is cool

[@farfromsensibletv]

The description of the video notes that while the Olympic is featured, the song is not about the olympic

[@klauseriktihhonov8706]

Sounds like a really cool ship. I bet it had many awesome trips. :)

[@rde4017]

In an alternate universe somewhere she is still going strong!

[@sammyspade123]

this is very nice

[@danochy5522]

Yeah, more PSB! :D

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Please do Concorde supersonic flight next

[@jeg1972]

I just love PSB. What else is there to say.

[@paulcrisp9861]

Agreed, I am always speechless when it comes to P S B so hauntingly beautiful and poignant everytime. I have been lucky to see them live twice, their music is always powerful. 🙏❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🙏 Nov twenty two

[@sevans1966]

Seeing PSB next Friday.

[@davidgibb4551]

It's like early bloc party and mogwai

[@missgaljazina]

Go! J goose with those bowties

[@gianlucaiannucci8808]

another dimension

[@charlesleeson-payne133]

Absolutely stunning music. Captures the moment and the excitement of the Titanic launch. Pity over 90% of the film is of the Olympic, the sister ship of the Titanic, which had an illustrious and long life. Take particular note of the scenes with the tugs around the ship. They have had their names blanked out in white. This is because they would have read “New York Harbour” on the back... Titanic never made it to New York! Just sayin’...

[@MaxIngramRedmayne]

To their credit they do mention this in the description.

[@Liofa73]

Charles Leeson-Payne --- The song is called White Star Liner, which they both were. :)

[@ji-fchaneljefrifals6585]

Keren...

[@koolrockradio]

KOOL

[@DxSatelliteRock]

Great track!

[@benday1218]

Oh Larsen B....

[@SuperCholdi]

Bit late with this comment but Christ, these guys are achingly cool.

[@patrickmoore620]

Hear! Hear! I was fortunate to see PSB before the pandemic and I am a convert to their tunes for life!

[@theferretts2307]

It was an terrible incident that couldnt have been foreseen..... This epitaph to the titanic is as poignant as any war we've ever had. mistakes cost lives. And even now we know that we dont need any wars at all.. the powers that be still seee money to be made from death.. this has to stop!! xx

[@jonnyhifi]

Awesome ! :) is that brothers on bass and drums ...?

[@stevennebrightefieldhe6198]

Stevenne Brightefieldhe

[@mdatkinson92]

Not some -- it's *all* Olympic!

[@lufiloil]

LIVE IN OPORTO 3.12. HARD CLUB

[@carlosvaldez3628]

Estoy aquí por pedro Sánchez :v

[@bhamacuk]

A lighter version of iliketrains.

[@quantic7722]

All the footage of Olympic has me triggered!! Great idea though 👌

[@tommyfazz1825]

and TWO false chimneys

[@alimhaider8680]

Thank fuck they dropped the mining ... Board the fuck out of me

[@iliebastianzetaneira6107]

Perú

[@douglasparkinson4123]

topical

[@Liofa73]

I like PSB, however this is all a bit "samey" to their previous releases. Similar melodies and arrangements, similar breaks and drops. Drums are pretty similar too.

[@valyasochka9950]

to me it sounds quite the same as "go!", especially those drums...

[@LegenDove]

To me, it sounds like "Progress", especially with the vocals. That being said, I love the track and honestly don't mind if their music sounds samey. They nail the imagery in a good number of their songs, so if they keep hitting the mark I'm personally happy. Would like to hear the rest of the EP.

[@MrScaramoosh]

That's why we like em.

[@nickm8134]

Felt the same initially but saw them perform this at Albert Hall last night and it was amazing - completely fresh and just a beautiful piece of music.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Yeah, like go! But hey, I like the familiarity........ but yeah..... it’s a fact no artist stays creative as they started. It’s life.

[@signalmanmusic4225]

Vocals very Mogwai esque....

[@captnodge]

I have seen these film clips many times and Allways wonder why the tugboats names are redacted

[@rde4017]

It was footage of Olympic in New York but was presented as Titanic in the news reals so the tug's names were scratched out.

[@Russ_Hell-Russell_Stevens]

HOly shit

[@robbiewright4414]

hahaha PLAY IT AGAIN SCAM

[@zoiders]

We had dreams once. All we have now are middle aged racists trying to isolate us from our neighbours.

[@rabhip]

pish total crap

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

The usual bilge from these non-entities.

[@stanmonzon5788]

Nah it’s brilliant. Did they bully you at school or something?