IN arguably one of the best venues of the festival, Public Service Broadcasting took to the stage of William’s Green tent in Glastonbury’s east side and put on one of the top performances of the weekend.
At 7pm on Sunday evening, the crowd were suitably merry for the duo’s 45 minute set. Pre-sought-out clips were played to welcome the crowd to their gig and to make sure that everyone were behaving themselves- much to the amusement of the spectators. In-keeping with the on-stage silence from the band members, it was audio from the apple book only throughout the set.
The band have proved their hype is justified in recent months, with performances in Glasgow’s ABC 2 and London’s Village Underground meeting rave reviews. The London-based quirky duo have mastered drum and guitar heavy tracks with perfectly-kitsch overlays sourced from the deep depths of archive material.
Opening their set with fan-favourite track London Can Take It, the band kicked things off nice and loud with an energy and pace that worked in harmony with the William’s Green stage. The band went straight into Signal 30 and Theme From PSB getting the crowd going.
Screens aided the experience, but there were nothing special or unique added to their set for this Glastonbury performance. Familiar (for fans who have seen them perform live before) visual black and white clips playing in time with the music. Perhaps for others in the crowd who have seen the band before, this was a little disappointing.
The set was short and snappy with only eight tracks making the cut. The rest of the set included Qomolangma, Night Mail, Spitfire, ROYGBIV and Everest– the latter a great highlight, with the crowd going mental and really getting into the aggressive drumbeat.
Public Service Broadcasting looked genuinely chuffed to be on-stage, which only warmed the heart of the crowd. By the end of the set, the crowd didn’t want it to end and their departure off-stage reached great cheers of appreciation.
Scotland have a chance to catch a special performance from the band later this month, they are set to play Wickerman Festival which takes place on 26th and 27th July. For more information and for tickets visit www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk
