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The Band's lineup consists of two cousins Richard 'Rocket' Emerson (Guitar and Vocals) and Chris 'Mini Rocket' Connoll (Drums and Backing Vocals) with David 'Baby Dave' Page (Bass) and Rob Clements (Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals). The band were given a slot on the "BBC Introducing" stage at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival. Their first single "Punches, Kicks, Trenches & Swords" was released digitally through the bands own label "Life In The Big City Records" in October 2007. This was followed in July 2008 by "Start Digging" plus an appearance at Coventry's free Godiva festival. The band played support slots in the UK with The Enemy, We Are Scientists, The Twang and Cage The Elephant before their third single "Holes" was released in October 2008

In December 2008 the band signed a publishing deal with EA Games / Nettwerk Music Group, they were the first Uk act to do this. On 2nd March 2009 they released their EP, Round One which featured the band's first three singles and B-sides along with the exclusive track "Not Thinking Straight (acoustic version)". 'Punches Kicks Trenches and Swords' also got used in The Sims3 and Fight Night Round Four games, in this Ricky Hatton came onto it PSR played at the Godiva Festival again and also supported the 'Glasvegas', 'Band Of Skulls' and 'Athlete'. By this time PSR had also managed to sell out Coventry's 1,000 capacity Kasbah Club in September 2008 and March 2009. You can read early press articles here

In October 2009 two new singles were released "Come Back To Me" and "Not Thinking Straight" which were featured in the computer game FIFA 10 You can read a lot of interviews about this here. It was also used in Need For Speed Nitro.

In January 2010 the band and their song "Treacle Town" were featured in a global campaign for the release of the computer game 'Army Of Two - 40th Day" staring Salem and Rios. In May 2010 the band released the single "Nothing From You" which included a remix by Redanka this was used in the game Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. The single became the bands TV début on Live From Studio Five with Ian Wright on the 28th of May 2010.

In June 2010, to coincide with the World Cup, the band recorded and released "Viva England", a charity single for the Homeless World Cup charity In September 2010 the band released the single "Hazy Days" which had a video filmed in the grounds of Kenilworth Castle, south of Coventry, England .December 2010 saw the bands American debut in New York performing concerts in Webster Hall, the Mercury Lounge and The RockShop in Brooklyn.

On March 7, 2011 the bands début full length album, Spell it Out was released on "Life In The Big City Records", produced and mixed by Peter Miles. Here's a review.

Also in March PSR were invited to play at the SXSW music festival in Austin Texas. This was followed by another set of gigs in New York, a review of one of these is here

In April 2011 the single "Somebody Save Me" was released which the band performed live on ESPN TV on April 4th At the end of April the band were back in America playing 10 gigs in LA and San Francisco. A chance meeting with Coventry DJ Paul Morrell has led to Paul remixing the next single "Twisted Soul" due for release in September 2011. The band version will feature in FIFA 12 due for release in the autumn of 2011