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Broadcast were an English band formed in Birmingham in 1995 by Trish Keenan (vocals, keyboards, guitar) and James Cargill (bass). Their musical style blended elements of 1960s psychedelia with early electronic music and samples from esoteric sources; it earned the band a cult following. [1]
Apr 24, 2024 · Following a year of building a devoted fanbase with a string of captivating singles, rising American roots rock outfit Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast are set to embark on their inaugural UK Headline Tour from September 25th to October 4th.
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Broadcast’s first release on Warp is this 1997 compilation, which handily collects material from their early singles and The Book Lovers EP. For those interested in chronological explorations, there’s no better place to start. The Austin Powerssoundtrack cut immediately stands out with its ear-catching melody, but the band already seemed capable of so much more. “Accidentals” is Broadcast’s sundazed take on trip-hop, while the cycling synths and crackly vinyl skips of “The World Backwards” ha...
Broadcast’s debut album took three more years to arrive due to the departure of drummer Steve Perkins and the band’s dissatisfaction with several recording sessions. “We had a very clear idea of what we wanted, but engineers have these stock ways of producing sounds and we just weren’t into that,” Keenan explained. After taking the project into their own hands, Broadcast returned with a darker-tinged collection that nonetheless includes some of their most beloved songs (“Come On Let’s Go,” “E...
Tumbling drum fills are a signature element of Broadcast’s music, and they never sound bigger than on the band’s 2003 sophomore album. This is owed to their hiring of Neil Bullock, a session drummer steeped in the British jazz scene, several of whose parts were recorded in a church to increase their natural reverb. “Man Is Not A Bird” gives Bullock a chance to cut loose, endlessly rolling across his snare and toms before the song switches into a squelchy electronic conclusion. Elsewhere, the...
Every texture feels sharper, harder, and colder on Broadcast’s third album. The synths no longer shimmer as much as buzz or bristle, while Keenan’s voice has the mournful deadpan of minimal wave. This can be partly credited to the fact that they were once again a duo, but it’s also because these songs were written while Keenan spent time with her father during his final days in hospice. Tender Buttons shares its title with Gertrude Stein’s 1914 poetry collection, casting everyday objects in a...
This 2006 compilation of B-sides, EP tracks, and rarities is an impressive reminder of how rewarding it is to be a Broadcast obsessive. The 18-song set is front-loaded with poppier tunes that could have easily appeared on one of their albums, such as opener “Illuminations” (originally from 2000’s Extended Play Two), which never stops rising. “Poem of Dead Song” sews two distinct melodies together like “Some Velvet Morning,” and “Where Youth And Laughter Go” is bursting with symphonic ornament...
For this 2009 collaboration, Keenan and Cargill recorded their parts independently and sent them to House, who fused the contributions into a hallucinatory collage. Songs veer close to pop, but never quite coalesce, as warped sounds from beyond poke in like a Michel Gondry dream sequence. Even relatively straightforward tunes like “the be colony” warble with an otherworldly glow, while “how do you get along sir?” thumps like an Edan beat. There is something eternally transfixing about “libra,...
Broadcast are an ideal match for director Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio (2012), a psychological descent into the paranoid mind of a sound engineer during the making of a fictional Italian horror film. Sadly, Keenan passed away midway through the songwriting process, but Cargill was able to transmit her spectral, sentimental melodies into 39 short sketches. Fragments of dialogue, foley sound effects, and demonic utterances crash in from all directions, while the bombastic themes of...
This set compiles four of Broadcast’s live performances at the BBC’s West London studios from 1996 to 2003. The first two sides of the double LP play like a victory lap, with laid-back renditions of some of the band’s most beloved songs, as well as an early, untitled version of “City In Progress” four years before its release on The Noise Made By People. And longtime fans will be delighted to hear the martial snares of “Forget Every Time,” a song not included on any proper album. The comp’s b...
Originally released as tour-only 3” CDs in 2003 and 2005, these instrumental collections showcase Broadcast’s take on incidental scores for imaginary film or TV projects. Like the library music it attempted to emulate (note the generic subtitle Stereo Recorded Music For Links And Bridges), each of the 21 songs clocks in at two minutes or less. Volume 1 was recorded at the time of Haha Sound, with drummer Neil Bullock resuming his place on the kit to deliver muscular, jazzy rhythms. Volume 2 s...
Profile: Formed in Birmingham in 1995. Original members: Trish Keenan - vocals. Roj Stevens - keyboards. James Cargill - bass. Tim Felton - guitar. Steve Perkins (2) - drums. They first appeared on Wurlitzer Jukebox in 1996.
Mar 2, 2015 · With Warp set to reissue Broadcast’s much sought after back catalogue on vinyl for the first time, here’s a look back at the band’s career through their unique discography. Originally published on FACT.
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May 6, 2024 · Trish Keenan and James Cargill are the duo known as Broadcast from Birmingham, UK.Their initial influence was the psychedelic band The United States of America. Over the years their sound has evolved from a mixture of 60’s pop with 60’s film score music, and recently modern electronic elements, into what is now a relatively minimalistic sound.
