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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Public Service Broadcasting was inspired by Amelia Earhart and features contributions by My Morning Jacket's Carl Broemel, Andreya Casablanca, EERA, and This Is The Kit's Kate Stables.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock
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- Record CollectorOct 21, 2024A magnificently moving elegy in musical form. [Nov 2024, p.101]
- Oct 21, 2024If only The Last Flight could have been longer – both initially and on this record – for it is a gripping page turner, the heart of the listener captured as we soar with Amelia Earhart through her last adventure. Returning to earth is momentarily distracting – but only heightens the desire for more.
- MojoOct 21, 2024Their template of new music plus archival spoken word is revitalised here, with Earhart’s writing voiced anew by actor Kate Graham. Towards The Dream is guitar-twanging exhilaration. [Nov 2024, p.84]
- Jan 2, 2025The Last Flight is a more straightforward exercise than the band’s other efforts. .... The album closes with the absolutely haunting “Howland,” named for the island where Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were supposed to stop to refuel. Clocking in at eight and a half minutes and ending with actual field recordings of the island itself, it’s a worthy and mournful ending to a tragic story.
- UncutOct 21, 2024Public Service Broadcasting devote a concept album to the tragic aviatrix’s final voyage, this time overlaying their soundscapes not with samples but with her writings brought to life by actors. These retain our interest more than some of the music they punctuate. [Nov 2024, p.41]
