Their mission statement was set out in the title of their first album - inform, educate and entertain.
And for more than a decade now, they've been doing just that. Public Service Broadcasting tell captivating stories in musical form.
Committed to the concept album, their latest release The Last Flight tells the story of pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart's final, ill-fated journey in 1937 when she vanished without a trace. And if you want to fully immerse yourself in this inspiring tale, you must see it live.
The stage at Manchester's Albert Hall is transformed into a cockpit with the display doubling up as screens showing archive images of the American icon who flew more than 20,000 miles across the world. The footage brings the audio clips heard on their albums to life.
The band is well acquainted with archives. They have made a career out of turning old public information films into moving music.
Their ability to do so is unrivalled and their musical prowess is clear to see in their live performances. The core band members - one of whom is responsible for visuals and set design - are joined by a vocalist on stage and brass section regularly appearing on the balcony.
Bow-tied and bespectacled, the band's founder Willgoose is the only member to speak to the crowd. But before the show starts, a recorded message is broadcast asking the audience not to take photos and videos on their phones and 'annoy the people around you'.
The request is not heeded by all, but the absence of screens in the air is apparent. Everyone is transfixed by the show - it worked.
Throughout their nearly two-hour set, as well as playing much - if not all - of their latest LP, they showcase their best work, most notably 2015's The Race for Space. It's tracks from this album, such as 'Sputnik', 'The Other Side' and 'Go' that get the loudest cheers.
For their penultimate track 'Gagarin', the brass band are the main protagonists. The trio take centre stage, wiggling their bums to the beat of the band's tribute to the Soviet cosmonaut, before they return to the upper circle to dance with the crowd, all on their feet.
The final song they play is one of their first big hits, 'Everest', which is based on a 1953 film charting the journey of the first men to reach the summit of the mountain. They didn't write the stories, but the storytelling is Public Service Broadcasting's trademark.
