PJ Harvey : Classic or Dud

ILMental.

_Who is that Macklemore-looking dude playing bass _

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.

let england shake is one of my top five albums of the 2010s

^ and Rid of Me one of my top five of the '90s.

Recording new album in public, tickets already sold out... http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/pj-harvey-recording-in-progress

haha, this pic is great
http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/images/mi/ef70caeb-987f-464f-b5c2-c22fe12a6909.jpg

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.

How long does it usually take to mix an album :-(

Albini? A couple days. Peter Gabriel? A decade.

She has a book of poetry coming out in the autumn, so I wouldn't expect the album to emerge before early 2016.

I decided I need to own Rid Of Me on record and WTF, why does it sell for that much??

Hasn't it been oop in that format for 20-something years? And even when it was available it wasn't that plentiful?

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

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.

Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swyAHvswE8

Great guitar effect

How did I miss this?!

Given all the bad news lately I'm afraid to click on any thread with a proper noun in it.

There is a new 7" imminent.

Given all the bad news lately I'm afraid to click on any thread with a proper noun in it.

So true. I've started to anticipate the worst whenever I first click open a particular artist thread.

New single on 6music right NOW.

http://pitchfork.com/news/63055-pj-harvey-announces-new-album-the-hope-six-demolition-project/

Wow, sounds great!

PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)

It already has its own thread

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.

And yeah I also don't like Patti Smith.

4-Track Demos version is better.

Maybe I started with the wrong album? I don't know.

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.

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?

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.

Moka - "Is This Desire" probably captures Pj at her most diverse stylistically.

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.

Ok thanks! I will try to give those a listen but maybe other time... enough PJ for a day for me haha.

Once again, US dates, no Chicago ...

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, Thursday, December 8, 2016 7:07 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And yeah I also don't like Patti Smith.

― Moka, Thursday, December 8, 2016

well, that's two. One more woman and you're rid of them.

For what it's worth, I love Harvey and loathe Patti Smith, so the two don't have to go together.

this is the first time i can remember disagreeing with moka

i found rid of me almost unlistenable when i first got it, but i think that's more to do with albini than PJH. i love it now but i think it's a good one to find your way back to after getting into the rest of her work.

my list of the best PJ Harvey songs.

my list of the best PJ Harvey songs.

rong

No My Beautiful Leah or There Will Never Be a Better Time (with Desert Sessions)? Wicked list anyways!

she wants wicked

Anyone going to see her live on this tour?

i am. this album seems like kind of a blip. it never really settled with me, I resisted it, and when I lsiten to it it doesn't do much for me; whereas I loved Let England Shake (and everything prior, pretty much). It's been several years since I've seen her so I'm hoping live I feel more invested in these songs.

Agree with you on all points akm. Glastonbury 2016 set made these songs come alive a little more, but yeah "Hope Six Demolition Project" is the only retread in Pj Harvey's catalog it seems.

vs. uh-huh her's detread?

Guess that's a retread too, but a much better one IMO

I saw her last year on the UK portion of the tour and it was an incredible show, way exceeding all my expectations. I'm lukewarm on the album, but loved it all live. The show was like a piece of theatre or performance rather than a gig, but musically her and the band were astounding, and it all totally worked.