PJ Harvey

[Scott]

well it hasn't been announced as of yet. but she did say on that particular interview with andrew marr,that she was working on it and she wrote it all with the autoharp.

 

[konst]

Does she have a new album coming out? when???


2010 is gonna be a good year for music PJ Harvery AND The Strokes AND Interpol

YAAAAYYY

 

[HeatherAnne]

I'm sure you've heard the news already Scott, but how psyched are you about the new album?! I know I am

PJ Harvey Releasing 'Let England Shake' Album in February

After nearly a year of dropping cryptic hints, reclusive songstress PJ Harvey has finally revealed the first details for her ninth studio record.

As she revelead on her website on Tuesday morning, the album, 'Let England Shake,' will be released Feb. 14 on Island Records. It was recorded in an old church with longtime collaborators John Parish and former Bad Seeds member Mick Harvey (no relation), and produced by Flood, who counts U2 and Smashing Pumpkins among his clients. According to an interview with NME, Harvey recorded most of the album live in the studio.

There's still plenty of mystery surrounding exactly what was recorded, though. Harvey, who famously shies away from making overt statements, has suggested the record includes political content. In a BBC interview back in April, she said she wrote most of the songs using a series of autoharps.

Harvey's latest records have found her experimenting with plenty of different songwriting styles. On her seventh studio album, 'Uh Huh Her,' she played every instrument except the drums, and she recorded her eighth, 'White Chalk,' solely on a grand piano.

To support the record, Harvey has scheduled a series of European tour dates, many of which have already sold out. North American concerts have yet to be announced.

via spinner

Here is the title track for those who haven't heard it yet

 

[miss_catherine]

So excited for the new album! I'd give you more karma for posting that video if I could

 

[Scott]

yess! i just heard the news the other day. terribly excited. btw,that article insinuates that this is the first time flood and polly jean have worked together. he's actually been producing her albums since to bring you my love.

 

[Scott]

new news....pj streamed a new track from the upcoming album on bbc radio called written on the forehead. it's a new direction once again for polly and i love it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/dec/01/pj-harvey-written-forehead

there's also a rumour swirling round a bit that ann demeulemeester will be designing her entire wardrobe as well as her band's wardrobe for the preceding tour.

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ DYING! Thanks for the song and the wardrobe info - Ann D and PJ what a fabulous pairing.

 

[Perickles]

I love this woman, great singer and she's really beautiful

She has a lot of good songs but I think this is the best B)

 

[Scott]

new tune. i would assume this would be the official first single? not sure but i'm loving that pj is allowing us all to preview and enjoy.

and this one....i don't ever want it to end....

 

[Perickles]

she looks so pretty in the beginning, good song and video

 

[Scott]

she has a new video out that's part of the seamus series like that one which he shot throughout the process of making the album. it's called 'the words that maketh murder' and will officially be the first single which is released the 17th.

 

[Mary-Anne]

'The Last Living Rose' sounds wonderful!! so excited now, I can't wait to hear more

Thanks for the links Scott!

 

[Scott]

here's the vid for "the words that maketh murder"

i like this one a lot!

 

[therethere]

I feel so ****ed.

I wanted to get a photopass for the gig, since she's some kind of a cult hero. But someone was a little bit earlier. Hopefully I'll get a photopass by another organisation though, but I'm scared I won't go.

 

[Melly5525]

God I love PJ, she such a genius, love all her new songs esp the last of the living roses, beautiful, I would die to see her in concert!

 

[Scott]

b-side to "the words that maketh murder"



i am enamoured. it's like this euphoric military chant. very haunting....

and here's the single version of the aforementioned

 

[Scott]

official war song correspondent?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/13/pj-harvey-imperial-war-museum

i like the sound of this.....but please,if it occurs,she better be protected like she was a rare gem as she is a rare gem.

 

[Scott]

btw,you can also listen to a podcast interview or download it......

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/audio/2011/feb/11/pj-harvey-let-england-shake

i really adore the way she speaks.....i mean talking of storytelling she could regale a description of coca cola ingredients and it would draw you in. j'adore.

 

[ms-nietzsche]

I wasn't quite sure about the autoharp at first, but Let England Shake is brilliant! I love it!

 

[milourh]

6 songs/videos from this week's gig at La Maroquinerie, Paris available on arte live web:

http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/PJ_Harvey_a_la_Maroquinerie/

And I've just only found out!