The miners’ strike still looms large in the imagination more than 30 years after the NUM’s defeat. On their third album, Public Service Broadcasting focus on the impact of the conflict in south Wales, using spoken-word snippets from the past to enliven their pliant post-rock. It’s an approach the group have used before, notably on their second set, The Race for Space, and Every Valley doesn’t add much that is new. Still, the album’s standout, the rousing title track, employs Richard Burton’s voice to fine effect, while songs such as The Pit and They Gave Me a Lamp deftly mourn the demise of a community and stress the high regard in which miners were once held.
