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Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The impact of deindustrialization on Welsh mining industry is the theme of the third full-length release from the British art-rock band.
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You + Me
Llanw mywyd 'di droi am byth A'r tân gwyllt di pylu'n ddim byd Ond er bo'r côf yn gri Safwn fel un. Dau, tri Undod pur sydd fel y dur Gafal... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Jul 5, 2017
    90
    Every Valley is certainly an important and timely record, but happily it's also an extremely satisfying and moving one. While it may not have the obvious scope of their breakthrough record The Race for Space it has something important to tell us about the times we live in and the hard, heartbreaking lessons we should all be learning from the past.
  2. Mojo
    Jun 30, 2017
    80
    Every Valley is timely and useful. [Aug 2017, p.89]
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    80
    Poignant and powerful. [Aug 2017, p.110]
  4. Jul 11, 2017
    73
    Public Service Broadcasting put that political and economic disconnect into sharp relief, placing human lives and industrial mining on a broad spectrum that let both sides be heard.
  5. Jul 6, 2017
    70
    Even more so than on The Race for Space, PSB seem less like a gimmicky novelty group and more like a new breed of intelligent, socially conscious pop music.
  6. Jul 10, 2017
    60
    It’s not light-hearted or easy to stomach, but for placing themselves into the shoes of others and broadcasting from the inside, there’s no real match for Public Service Broadcasting.
  7. Jul 12, 2017
    50
    An album that is wide-eyed in its sincerity, unafraid of sentimentality, for better or worse. The political message is familiar, and will never grow old. The means of expression, however, can become a little too routine.

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