Primitive Broadcast Service
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Primitive Broadcast Service (PBS) is an experimental rock trio based in Milwaukee, WI, often described as a noise rock band. PBS music has been likened to "Sonic Youth at their height when everything was raucous and slightly off-key" (overblown UK), with cited influences as diverse as Velvet Underground, Mission of Burma, FACS and the Stooges. PBS began as musical experiments for open-tuned guitars and new language by guitarist J.D. Morgan and became a rock band in 2018 when drummer Bryan Dorn joined. We've released two full length albums, beginning in the dissonant sprawl of our s/t debut and leading to the follow-up, Colors for Chameleons. On Chameleons, we found a more angular, urban skronk sound for the immediate lyrical themes of anxiety, detachment, social injustice, desperation and renewal. The LP, released on 12" vinyl, was hailed "an instant noise classic" (@ntxnoise for Caterwaul.org) and PBS described as "correspondents in a world turned upside down" (Shepherd Express 10/28/21). The album is "a noisy, 7-track soundtrack to the decaying structures and ideals of the American Midwest" (Milwaukee Record, 10/21/21). PBS continues to tour and record as a trio, tracking their third LP at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios. Permanent members since 2019 are Morgan, Dorn and Andy Steffenhagen (bass guitar, effects). We hope you stick around, too. ;-) linktr.ee/primitivebroadcastservice
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