The War Room (EP) explained

The War Room
Type:	EP
Artist:	Public Service Broadcasting
Cover:	Public_Service_Broadcasting_The_War_Room.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	28 May 2012
Genre:	Art rock, indie rock, electronica
Length:	17:41
Label:	Test Card Recordings
Producer:	J. Willgoose, Esq
Prev Title:	One
Prev Year:	2010
Next Title:	Inform-Educate-Entertain
Next Year:	2013

The War Room, is a five-track EP from Public Service Broadcasting.

The EP is dedicated to J. Willgoose, Esq's great-uncle George Willgoose who died at Dunkirk.^[1]

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).^[2]

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.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• The War Room at Discogs

Notes and References

1. News: New band of the day - Public Service Broadcasting (No 1,414) . Paul . Lester . . 12 December 2012 . 25 April 2015.
2. Sleeve notes on the rear cover.
3. Web site: Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington (BB83/04456) Archive Item - Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington Collection Historic England . 2022-05-23 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
4. Web site: Photograph of bombed library in Holland House, Kensington (FOX02) Archive Collection Historic England . 2022-05-23 . historicengland.org.uk . en.