The last record of hers I absorbed was "To Bring you My Love", and haven't really had any awareness of her music for a decade or so... what might I want to hear of hers now?
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
Let England Shake
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
let england shake is really fantastic.
― maura, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
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