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anyone looking forward to or heard the new PJ Harvey album?
i like all her albums (not including the collaboration ones). I'm intregued by this one cos its supposed to mix her raw guitar/folk sound with the piano sound from her last record
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yep, it's on pre-order.shouldn't be long now.i loved her doing let england shake on the andrew marr show. gordon brown must have wondered what was going on.
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I used to be a big fan, but I kind of went off her. I loved her older work that had more of the blues rock sound. Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea is my favorite album. I also liked Dry and To Bring You My Love.
I know she wants to be creative and change, but the softer more piano folk driven stuff bores me. I like the fiercer rocky stuff. From what I understand her new record is more of the same of her recent stuff so I probably won't rush out to buy it. |
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Polly Jean is live in session tonight on R2s Radcliffe & Maconie show from 20:00
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Just listened to the full Let England shake on spotify and it's definitely a grower.
Love The words that maketh murder and England. Wasn't really a huge fan of white chalk all the way through and this feels like PJ Harvey back to form. |
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Looking forward to it. I'm waiting to get the CD tomorrow before I listen to anything from it - I'm kind of traditional and prefer to have the physical item.
Get the feeling it'll be an album I think is very good, but won't listen to much - a bit like most of her stuff really, |
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It's bloody brilliant, one of the best things she ever done.
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I've pre-ordered it so hopefully it will arrive today!!!
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It's really good. Here's an interview and performance from The Culture Show last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gqd-2Tz6cc |
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Still have to listen to the whole thing properly but I'm really liking what I've heard so far
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Adore it! Have been spinning it non-stop since I got it.. What a legend! Wished PJ'd throw in a few Irish tour dates at some stage. In the past, she's neglected us a bit...
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yep, thumbs up so far. who else could pull off a concept album with this subject matter and still make it such an enjoyable listen?
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I've heard the album and i don't think the songs all connect well.
I heard an interview in which PJ Harvey spoke about all the research she had done before the album. I don't think people should research before doing an album. If they haven't got anything to say, that they can say without studying first, they shouldn't be making albums. There's a song on the album called "England". It doesn't make me think of England. Finally - if people are going to do political songs, can they at least say something no other musician has said? |
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I've heard the album and i don't think the songs all connect well.
I heard an interview in which PJ Harvey spoke about all the research she had done before the album. I don't think people should research before doing an album. If they haven't got anything to say, that they can say without studying first, they shouldn't be making albums. There's a song on the album called "England". It doesn't make me think of England. Finally - if people are going to do political songs, can they at least say something no other musician has said? Also, I can't believe you think subjects shouldn't be studied before writing about them, or that people should only write about what they've personally experienced. Do you apply that to everyone like novelists and filmmakers too, or just musicians? |
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I've just bought it. Yes, it's excellent.
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I like the album.
The Words That Maketh Murder is the stand-out, I love it.
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The have a sample of the album on spotify and it sounds pretty good.
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It's brilliant.
I'd put money on her picking up the best female at the Brits next year and probably the Mercury prize too. I'm loving Written on the Forehead |
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I like in the Dark Places.
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I've heard the album and i don't think the songs all connect well.
I heard an interview in which PJ Harvey spoke about all the research she had done before the album. I don't think people should research before doing an album. If they haven't got anything to say, that they can say without studying first, they shouldn't be making albums. What you're having for dinner makes for a perfectly fine concept, and no fancy word, they do my head in. |
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Right, because learning is a waste of time anyway.
What you're having for dinner makes for a perfectly fine concept, and no fancy word, they do my head in. Some people find this a scary thought, but due to my lack of education and my unwillingness to learn, my idea of a scary thought is that it's still another 6 months till X-Factor starts. now if you excuse me I am away to read a book or as you lot might call it, a sweetie wrapper. |
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Yep, it's great.
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I think it's a bloody fantastic album.
Glad she came out with this after the complete rubbish Radiohead excreted this year. |
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it's the best of her albums for me, most of the others iv'e found patchy. There's still some vocal histrionics that grate a little, and i crave her to pick up a guitar and put down whatever that thing is she strums
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it's the best of her albums for me, most of the others iv'e found patchy. There's still some vocal histrionics that grate a little, and i crave her to pick up a guitar and put down whatever that thing is she strums
![]() 'part from that it's good ![]() Somebody has written this about it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoharp |
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