This fortnight in the music section, Public Service Broadcasting talk about their socially conscious new album ahead of Electric Picnic

Ahead of their Electric Picnic performance at the Body and Soul stage on Saturday, Wayne Byrne caught up with art-rock mavericks Public Service Broadcasting to discuss their latest work, Every Valley a concept album, which explores the milieu of working class industrial towns and the struggles of its denizens.

Based around the fall of the Welsh coal mining industry, frontman J. Wilgoose, Esq. confesses such an apparently niche subject was met with skepticism initially, saying, "Our management certainly questioned why I would want to focus on these particular themes, but I convinced them that while it was in the context of Wales and about coal mining, it is also about so much more. These themes apply to many places throughout the country and the world. It's about the death of an industry, and about the heart of a community."

Turning to Electric Picnic and their return to these shores, Wilgoose expressed excitement ahead of tomorrow's performance, saying "Although at festivals, where it's not specifically your audience, you do have less latitude to indulge and play slower songs. It will be very exciting to play Electric Picnic; we've always had a great time in Ireland."

"There must be something in the water."

Read the full interview in our Student Special issue featuring Laura Whitmore and Danny O'Donoghue, available in stores now (August 17)– or you can order it now

Public Service Broadcasting headline the Body & Soul stage at Electric Picnic on Saturday. They also play the Academy, Dublin on January 24, and the Limelight, Belfast (25).