Fascinating read! I kind of love it that John is not even mentioning Stories.
I'm both very impressed and slightly disappointed by the TBYML and ITD demos - it's indeed amazing that these songs were pretty much fully developed while she was writing and demoing them at home BUT it makes for a less interesting listen than 4-Track Demos (which were so unlike Rid of Me).
I guess this might change with future volumes of the series - e.g. the LES and THSDP demos apparently were very minimal and the arrangements were developed while jamming the songs live in the studio (or rather church/art gallery) with the band - so they will be probably fairly different from the final versions.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 4 February 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
man the second record she did with Parish in 2009? DO NOT sleep on that, matthewk…that is a bit of a bummer that the creation of Is this Desire was so fraught…or is it? Isn't major creativity often fraught?
the Hope Six record is the only record she has ever made that I've actively disliked…but good grief these demo records are indeed staggering… like 80% of what you hear of the finished product of "A Perfect Day Elise," one of my favorite recordings ever, is right there in that demo… and when Parish talks about how there are two phases, the bare bones sessions and the expensive sessions, the latter were to gussy up "elise"…I wager "Catherine," the other one therein that I treasure, is intact from the former sessions…
― veronica moser, Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
The demo of "To Bring You My Love" is so menacing
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 3 April 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
I'm not a huge fan of the glossy production of Stories but the raw demo version of the album is pretty awesome. Such a strong collection of songs; I don't understand why Beefheart told her these were her weakest demos.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Saturday, 3 April 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
The Let England Shake demos are out today and they're the best installment in the series so far IMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_s2IkbGxwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18MpYe9Xwxkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jdCzt74OCohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkWxTldY1s
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Friday, 28 January 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link
Oh man I hope they announce a b-sides collection please
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 29 January 2022 04:17 (two years ago) link
I need to give that album another chance. I could never get into it - the concept never seemed to translate well into a great musical experience - but I was a big fan of her work and I know plenty of people love Let England Shake. It even got to #2 in the P&J poll, albeit in a weak year.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 29 January 2022 21:03 (two years ago) link
(I should say, I'm still a big fan of her work, just not of her more recent albums.)
― birdistheword, Saturday, 29 January 2022 21:04 (two years ago) link
Listening to Rid of Me and its still staggering!
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 29 January 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
never seen this before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFSppgBpUc
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 20 February 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
Me neither! Seems like it was just before she made Dry.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 20 February 2022 19:03 (two years ago) link
Not a bad song but the male frontman has serious ewww vibes
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 20 February 2022 21:06 (two years ago) link
everything is so cheesy til she starts singing! her voice cuts through the cheese, amazing!! 18 year old me loves to see it <3
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Sunday, 20 February 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
A new interview in The Observer about her upcoming book (a narrative poem written in the Dorset dialect) offers this exciting tidbit:
She lets slip that she has a new album coming out next year and, although not supposed to be talking about it, allows herself to say: “I’m really pleased with it – and I’m my own harshest critic.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/24/pj-harvey-poetry-dorset-orlam-interview
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
https://www.nme.com/news/music/pj-harvey-update-on-new-album-to-be-released-2023-3258356
https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-pj-harveys-haunting-cover-of-leonard-cohens-who-by-fire-3294140
― StanM, Sunday, 21 August 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
Loving recent Dylan, soundtracks by Sakamoto, and Greenwood and covering Leonard Cohen. Yup sounds like stuff PJ Harvey would like (in a good way)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 August 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
I was pleased to see a Mica Levi shoutout, they’re a criminally underrated artist for me
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 22 August 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
i appreciate her shoutout to rough and rowdy ways
― Karl Malone, Monday, 22 August 2022 22:27 (one year ago) link
i appreciate her
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 August 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
She walked past me on Sunday (away from The Smile's set) at the Nick Cave All Points East in Victoria Park. Last time Nick Cave did one of these, Kylie appeared as a surprise guest, so I was absolutely convinced PJ was gonna come on for Henry Lee - but sadly not.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 11:04 (one year ago) link
Her Instagram has been a sea of photos old and new lately.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 11:16 (one year ago) link
Argh, I want a b-sides collection!!! Was hoping that would finish off the reissue series.
Nervous about a new album because Hope Six was such a disappointment.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
John Parish said in a recent interview that the new album is recorded but not mastered, will be out some time next year, and is closely tied to her new poetry book Orlam (i.e. the song lyrics are poems lifted from the book—which means an album in the Dorset dialect), so we know that at least thematically it will be miles away from Hope Six.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
A B-sides and rarities box set coming this month!!!!!!! My finances, already perilous, are screwed, but fuck it, this is a dream come true!
https://www.thegardenforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2858
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
Already working out the stuff that's missing though... fuck
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:14 (one year ago) link
e.g. Claudine the Inflatable One but loads of others
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
https://imgur.com/A66bxne
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:19 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/A66bxne.jpeg
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
I'll take it though!
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 5 September 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
Oh man! I don’t even know a lot of these songs, so excited
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 5 September 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
yeah, buncha stuff on the last two LPs i’ve never heard of. this is exciting!
― donna rouge, Monday, 5 September 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
This is good news but so many demos there vs so many songs (esp from films, TV series) missing.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 01:19 (one year ago) link
No Wang Dang Doodle?
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 01:22 (one year ago) link
Exciting, and yes, I could think of 20 other rarities that should be here, as well as live stuff, covers, guest features etc. but I'm glad at least these are being released in one place. Record 2 and 3 in particular just look like strong, pretty cohesive albums that will warrant repeated listening.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 09:21 (one year ago) link
Despite all the amputations, I am so stoked for this. For the most part I’m clueless to her rare tracks and whatnot, so this is a lot of extra PJ for me to absorb.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
As someone said upthread and I find myself saying too often these days, I hope there’s a CD version.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 6 September 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
Here we go
https://www.treblezine.com/pj-harvey-announces-b-sides-demos-rarities-box-set/
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
excuse my ignorance, but how much overlap does this have with all the demo records that have come out in the last couple years?
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
excuse my ignorance, but how much overlap does this have with all the demo records that have come out in the last couple years?― bulb after bulb
― bulb after bulb
There's no overlap.
The "Missed", "Dry", "Me-Jane" and "Highway 61 Revisited" demos were not included on 4-Track Demos, and the "Cat on the Wall" and "You Come Through" demos were for some reason omitted from Uh Huh Her - Demos.
Everything else is non-album material B-sides, B-side demos, random rarities, etc.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 8 September 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
vinyl only then?
― StanM, Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:21 (one year ago) link
xp thanks! amazing (and great) that there's so much still there after the demo records.
― bulb after bulb, Thursday, 8 September 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
vinyl only then?― StanM
― StanM
3CD and digital too!
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Thursday, 8 September 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
oh great! thanks!
― StanM, Thursday, 8 September 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
I almost pre-ordered the CC version yesterday, then realized that the most basic shipping option was more than the cost of the set.
So: I’ll be looking for this in a local record store.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 9 September 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
the b-sides/rarities/demos collection is so fucking good. it's the only thing i've been listening to for a few days
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
what is the deal with "maniac"? very similar arrangement to "down by the water" but a completely different (and great) song
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
I was about to post a similar comment. Maybe I'm burned out on "Down...," but I might prefer "Maniac."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
New album coming, there are two teaser videos on her socials and an announcement is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
A new playlist is now available on Spotify, featuring tracks co-produced alongside @JohnParish50 and Flood: https://t.co/TUAnzOjwWkNew studio clip filmed, directed and edited by #SteveGullick. pic.twitter.com/EWIHnTpzfA— PJ Harvey (@PJHarveyUK) April 19, 2023
A second studio clip… filmed, directed and edited by #SteveGullick.If you would like to be first to hear about new music, join the PJ Harvey mailing list community https://t.co/ZUXlkAPgbv pic.twitter.com/dhRhga6xPi— PJ Harvey (@PJHarveyUK) April 21, 2023
The tracklisting shown in one of the videos indicates the record is based on poems from Orlam.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Sunday, 23 April 2023 09:02 (eleven months ago) link
I Inside the Old Year Dyingout July 7th on Partisan Records
https://i.ibb.co/r4q6hSQ/IMG-9193.jpg
1. Prayer at the Gate2. Autumn Term3. Lwonesome Tonight4. Seem an I5. The Nether-edge6. I Inside the Old Year Dying7. All Souls8. A Child's Question, August9. I Inside the Old I Dying10. August11. A Child's Question, July12. A Noiseless Noise
PJ Harvey says, "After many years of work I am very happy to release this collection of new songs. It was a difficult album to make and took time to find its strongest form, but it has finally become all I hoped for it to be."I Inside the Old Year Dying marks PJ Harvey's first album in seven years, produced and mixed by her long-time creative collaborators John Parish and Flood."On this album PJ Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life's opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past.Scattered with biblical imagery and references to Shakespeare, all of these distinctions ultimately dissolve into something profoundly uplifting and redemptive." - John Harris, March 2023
I Inside the Old Year Dying marks PJ Harvey's first album in seven years, produced and mixed by her long-time creative collaborators John Parish and Flood.
"On this album PJ Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life's opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past.
Scattered with biblical imagery and references to Shakespeare, all of these distinctions ultimately dissolve into something profoundly uplifting and redemptive." - John Harris, March 2023
First single "A Child's Question, August" out tomorrow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYMlixvzHM
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 20:22 (eleven months ago) link
that sounds great!
― rob, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 12:55 (eleven months ago) link