I got my Pj vinyl yesterday. At first I must say that the covers is again fascinating! There is same style of all the PJ album covers as there is SY Syr-serie and I like it! But the music...Well I was listened it just once. And I knew that the album would be very different as the predecessor. But still I was yesterday quite disappointed. I think her new direction is too mediocre to me. I liked the sound of autoharp, but maybe it´s not a good instrument to compose. Also the samples on the songs didn´t work (only in "England" they worked). Maybe the problem is that in album is very English atmosphere and I couldn´t understand it because I´m not English (I have to say the Who is one of my favourites). I really hope my opinion changes when I listen it many times again.

Now I have listened it four times and it has opened a lot. Let England shake, the Glorius Land, On Battleship Hill, England, In the dark places, Bitter Brances are just great songs, but still I think her predecessors are much better enteties than this. At first that brass-sample on the glorius land irritates me much, but now I´m quite used to it. Can somebody tell me what that brass-tune is? I think it´s kind of funny that both Kate Bush and Pj Harvey are kind of "England fans" although I know neither of them are not any kind of nationalists.

New Single Details Announced

It has just been confirmed that ‘The Glorious Land’ will be the second single to be released from ‘Let England Shake’. Slated for an April 18th released date, the single will be available on digital and 7” vinyl. The 7” vinyl will be backed by the track ‘The Nightingale’ which was recorded during the ‘Let England Shake’ album sessions.

Info taken from:
http://www.pjharvey.net/home.asp

The Glorious Land vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHACHdNFH0Y

this is such a glorious album, i love it so much.

this will be looked back upon as a classic without doubt

A video for "Hanging In The Wire" is now up on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfAvoVDQaAo

Thanks.

You're welcome :)

The song is now on dime:
PJ Harvey - 2011-04-11 - Conan O'Brien (MPEG-2) by frootloop

Audio of PJ Harvey's recent performance in San Francisco, California on NPR:
Let San Francisco Shake: PJ Harvey In Concert.




Video of PJ Harvey's performance at Coachella Music And Arts Festival:
PJ Harvey 2011-04-17 Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA, US [PRO]
Uploaded by artlyhallows

I was totally blown away by her performance. What Danelectro guitar is she playing there? Anybody know?

~Jeremy~

PJ is on Jools Holland tonight (and again on the extended show friday)

no Dano, it's a Valco Airline guitar (Or some Eastwood Airline 3p dlx, if it's not "vintage"...).

Ah, thanks guys, from the shape of it I assumed it was some weird Danelectro model.

Researching Valco stuff now, they had a lot of Jazzmaster and Jaguar knock-offs for a few years...

~Jeremy~

Some new videos there:
http://pitchfork.com/news/42347-watc...harvey-videos/

PJ Harvey live session: How I wrote ... The Last Living Rose

Also, "The Glorious Land", the second single off of "Let England Shake", has been just released in 7" format.

Bump.

PJ Harvey Featured On 'Boogie 4 Stu' Tribute Album
PJ Harvey has recorded a cover of Lonely Avenue with Ben Waters for a tribute album to Ian Stewart. Proceeds from the album will be donated to The British Heart Foundation. Click here to hear a copy of the song and click here to purchase a copy of the album.

Very cool. I bet a good number of Polly Jean "fans" wouldn't listen to an Ian Stewart recording if their wretched lives depended on it. To the fiery pits with the whole bunchuvem.

I support this idea. Why can't i ever give no one any reputation?

On another subject, i just came across a link to download a video of PJ Harvey's performance at La Maroquinerie in Paris, France, on February 14, 2011. No lineage provided, but it's a 4.94 GB .MOV file, so it must be very superior to the .flv video file that i linked to previously in this thread:
http://musicartvcl.blogspot.com/2011...-paris_28.html