I love Let England Shake!
― Evan, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
I like Stories From The City but I don't want lex to yell at me.
― Hakeem Olajuwon Howard (Leee), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
White Chalk doesn't get enough love. Probably my favorite of hers outside of the power-trio records (or at least neck-and-neck with Shake).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for the recs. I'll be heading in that direction shortly.
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
SFTC is my favorite PJ album, there's something really intense for me about the way her voice and persona scrape against the polished/more conventional tunes and arrangements. especially love 'good fortune.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Crap, I used to own that album but haven't heard it in years. Did I forget to upload it? Anyway, I like that one, maybe not as much as To Bring You My Love, but I listened to it quite a bit when it came out. The harmonies on Beautiful Feeling are amazing.
― how's life, Thursday, 18 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Nevermind, I had it. pj harvey back catalog is hella on sale at itunes right now though.
― how's life, Thursday, 18 September 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Maura otm
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 18 September 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
By the way, PJ is set to start recording a new album in the new year, according to this: http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/40551/PJ-Harvey-plans-to-start-work-on-new-album-in-early-2015
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 18 September 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
is it just me or did Let England Shake get critically memory-holed?
― katherine, Friday, 19 September 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Did it? I know we're a small circle.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
What's refreshing and rewarding about PJ Harvey is that any one of her albums can deserve mention as part of the permanent canon.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link
Well, that's not true, imo. What is true is that they are all worth several listens, couldn't have come from anyone else, are compelling, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
I will say as a body of work, she's pretty much transcended ranking, categorization. She's elemental.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 September 2014 00:43 (nine years ago) link
this is ILM.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
ILMental.
― Code Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:52 (nine years ago) link
_Who is that Macklemore-looking dude playing bass _Simon 'Dingo' Archer; AFAIK she borrowed him from The Fall for the 2004 tour.
Simon 'Dingo' Archer; AFAIK she borrowed him from The Fall for the 2004 tour.
Yep, PJ covered the spooky Fall song Janet, Johnny and James during this period.
― Fizzles, Friday, 19 September 2014 07:09 (nine years ago) link
let england shake is one of my top five albums of the 2010s
― maura, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
^ and Rid of Me one of my top five of the '90s.
― Fizzles, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
Recording new album in public, tickets already sold out... http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/pj-harvey-recording-in-progress
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Friday, 2 January 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
haha, this pic is greathttp://www.somersethouse.org.uk/images/mi/ef70caeb-987f-464f-b5c2-c22fe12a6909.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 January 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
Yay, new album!
I applaud the creative ways artists try to get around the demise of the music industry. You can get tickets to sports teams' training sessions too, so why not, I suppose. I'm not buying tickets to go and see a writer type a couple of paragraphs of their next book into a portable though.
― StanM, Sunday, 4 January 2015 00:43 (nine years ago) link
How long does it usually take to mix an album :-(
― StanM, Sunday, 5 July 2015 11:06 (eight years ago) link
Albini? A couple days. Peter Gabriel? A decade.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 July 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
She has a book of poetry coming out in the autumn, so I wouldn't expect the album to emerge before early 2016.
― Eyeball Kicks, Sunday, 5 July 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
I decided I need to own Rid Of Me on record and WTF, why does it sell for that much??
― JacobSanders, Monday, 14 September 2015 04:39 (eight years ago) link
Hasn't it been oop in that format for 20-something years? And even when it was available it wasn't that plentiful?
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 September 2015 05:59 (eight years ago) link
yeah lots of 90s vinyl is super expensive. my friend was looking at selling stuff they bought when they were a teenager and i was shocked by how much they were going for... like eg http://www.discogs.com/Garbage-Garbage/release/1296095
― just sayin, Monday, 14 September 2015 06:14 (eight years ago) link
Fuck, I just looked up the In Utero clear vinyl that I sold for $10 a decade ago and it's going for similar prices.
― how's life, Monday, 14 September 2015 10:42 (eight years ago) link
Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swyAHvswE8
― Jeff W, Friday, 18 December 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Great guitar effect
― Evan, Friday, 18 December 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
How did I miss this?!
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 03:47 (eight years ago) link
Given all the bad news lately I'm afraid to click on any thread with a proper noun in it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 04:08 (eight years ago) link
There is a new 7" imminent.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 10:03 (eight years ago) link
So true. I've started to anticipate the worst whenever I first click open a particular artist thread.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 14:13 (eight years ago) link
New single on 6music right NOW.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 21 January 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/63055-pj-harvey-announces-new-album-the-hope-six-demolition-project/
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
Wow, sounds great!
― Evan, Thursday, 21 January 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
It already has its own thread
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 January 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
After years of avoiding her music I finally listened to Rid of Me today and I'm terribly sorry but it was one of the most tedious listening experiences I've had in a while, it took me 3 listens to get through the thing and I'm usually very patient with music. No idea if she's kind of a 'you had to be there' artist but I'd burn this idol down.
― Moka, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:07 (seven years ago) link
And yeah I also don't like Patti Smith.
― Moka, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
4-Track Demos version is better.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:16 (seven years ago) link
Maybe I started with the wrong album? I don't know.
― Moka, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
A nice thing about PJ Harvey is that if Rid of Me isn't to your liking, she has several albums that sound nothing like it.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
Don't really want to keep searching... there's several albums and I found almost no redeeming qualities on Rid of Me to keep listening... which ones would you recommend?
― Moka, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm actually rather pissed re:PJ ATM, because dates for her '17 U.S. tour just came out, and she's playing Houston for the first time on her own in about 20+ years (she opened for U2 15 or so ago), and tickets are about to go on sale, and I'm already broke AF.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
Moka - "Is This Desire" probably captures Pj at her most diverse stylistically.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
Is This Desire is a good pick--really that whole PJ era--To Bring You My Love through Stories From The City...--is good place for those turned off by the shrieky early stuff (which she never really returned to, outside of parts of Uh Huh Her). Of course, there is also Let England Shake.
― a full playlist of presidential apocalypse jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 9 December 2016 00:38 (seven years ago) link
Ok thanks! I will try to give those a listen but maybe other time... enough PJ for a day for me haha.
― Moka, Friday, 9 December 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
Once again, US dates, no Chicago ...
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 9 December 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link