November 24, 2010

According to her website, PJ Harvey will be releasing her eight studio album, Let England Shake on February 14, via Island.

Recorded with long time collaborators Mick Harvey of The Bad Seeds and John Parrish with producer Flood, the process saw the team working in old church in Dorset, England.

Her first album since 2007′s White Chalk, Let England Shake is sure to be one of the highlights of 2011, as the British songstress has long displayed a sense of craft an ability that most of today’s artists would kill to equal.

http://musicfeeds.com.au/...new-album/

Thanks for the news. I used to really like her back in the 90's and also I loved Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Her last couple of releases have been too avant garde for me. I know she likes to be creative and change, but I want some more accessible things.

I hope this is a return to her more guitar based music. Not a fan of the keyboard stuff on White Chalk.

Great news, i'm a big fan, been into her from her first album, seen her 11 times live.

A new album is overdue from her.

Look forward to it.

Nice. PJ hasn't released a bad album yet. Every one I think is at least very good. I'll be looking forward to this.

She's given me many stiffies since 1995. Let her ass shake!

She's got a gorgeous pair of legs.

[Edited 1/11/11 5:48am]

I hope she's done with that "piano from the crypt" sound.

I like my PJ with a little more fiyah.

MendesCity said:

I hope she's done with that "piano from the crypt" sound.

I like my PJ with a little more fiyah.

Love that! A perfect way to describe White Chalk! I just couldn't get into that album at all. I like PJ Harvey a lot, but she is a total critics' darling. Music critics praise her no matter what she does even if it's not really that good. She's talented but not every thing she does is a work of genius. Some is great, some isn't.

I hope that she doesn't go overboard being weird this time, but get back to the basics of guitar based rock/blues songs.

sextonseven said:

Nice. PJ hasn't released a bad album yet. Every one I think is at least very good.

Even Uh Huh Her?

She's my favorite female artist of the nineties, but I can't muster much enthusiasm for her work of the last decade.

i like most everything she's done, so definitely looking forward to this.

elmer said:

sextonseven said:

Nice. PJ hasn't released a bad album yet. Every one I think is at least very good.

Even Uh Huh Her?

She's my favorite female artist of the nineties, but I can't muster much enthusiasm for her work of the last decade.

Totally agree. PJ was the nineties, but recently she has gone a little too avant garde and inaccesible for me.

She's great, but it annoys me that she tries to not be famous and accessable. She had a serious taste of it at one time and has been running away from it ever since.

Glindathegood said:

MendesCity said:

I hope she's done with that "piano from the crypt" sound.

I like my PJ with a little more fiyah.

Love that! A perfect way to describe White Chalk! I just couldn't get into that album at all. I like PJ Harvey a lot, but she is a total critics' darling. Music critics praise her no matter what she does even if it's not really that good. She's talented but not every thing she does is a work of genius. Some is great, some isn't.

I hope that she doesn't go overboard being weird this time, but get back to the basics of guitar based rock/blues songs.

i love that album "when under ether" is one of my favorit songs by her

but judging from the title of the new album, it's bound to be harder and faster

than "white chalk".

i mean, she wouldn't name it "let england shake" if it were a piano based slow

burning album. i'm expecting lots of screaming and loud guitar orgasms.

yay!

MendesCity said:

I hope she's done with that "piano from the crypt" sound.

I hope she's done with this hairstyle before the record comes out.

Phooey on all this complaining about PJ Harvey!

Loved White Chalk, especially the show. Thanks to a certain God I saw the first WC performance

Let her be brash, let her be subdued, let her be weird, just let her be.

Glindathegood said:

she is a total critics' darling. Music critics praise her no matter what she does

I hope that she doesn't go overboard being weird this time, but get back to the basics of guitar based rock/blues songs.

See my last post.

Cerebus said:

She's great, but it annoys me that she tries to not be famous and accessable. She had a serious taste of it at one time and has been running away from it ever since.

I wouldn't say that "she tries to not be famous"; I'd say that she's employing a timed-tested strategy for career longevity. As for accessibility, my response would depend on whether you mean in the musical sense or in the accessible-to-the-media-and-public sense.

IstenSzek said:

she wouldn't name it "let england shake" if it were a piano based slow

burning album. i'm expecting lots of screaming and loud guitar orgasms.

See YouTube clip I posted above.

Cerebus said:

She's great, but it annoys me that she tries to not be famous and accessable. She had a serious taste of it at one time and has been running away from it ever since.

I'm not sure about that. She's not a total recluse. She does do interviews to promote her records and performs on tv shows like Jay Leno and David Letterman. She doesn't totally hide from the media, but she does refuse to talk about her personal life and wants to just talk about her music and art which I find very admirable.

IstenSzek said:

That was...weird. I love the shot of the show hosts just sitting there watching quietly.

I mean, it's not sleepy piano music - but, um...well. Gonna have to wait for the studio version on that one.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Phooey on all this complaining about PJ Harvey!

Loved White Chalk, especially the show. Thanks to a certain God I saw the first WC performance

Let her be brash, let her be subdued, let her be weird, just let her be.

I just miss my female rock chicks. With Sleater Kinney broken up and PJ playing the auto-harp (or whatever the hell that was!), I'm lost...and you know Grace Potter ain't gonna cut it.

MendesCity said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Phooey on all this complaining about PJ Harvey!

Loved White Chalk, especially the show. Thanks to a certain God I saw the first WC performance

Let her be brash, let her be subdued, let her be weird, just let her be.

I just miss my female rock chicks. With Sleater Kinney broken up and PJ playing the auto-harp (or whatever the hell that was!), I'm lost...and you know Grace Potter ain't gonna cut it.

Dig up Dry, Rid of Me, 2 Bring you My Love, Dance Hall, Stories. There is enough of that to go around and you can't tell me you're tired of any o that. although I won't even lie and say I couldn't go for some rockin stuff too

MendesCity said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Phooey on all this complaining about PJ Harvey!

Loved White Chalk, especially the show. Thanks to a certain God I saw the first WC performance

Let her be brash, let her be subdued, let her be weird, just let her be.

I just miss my female rock chicks. With Sleater Kinney broken up and PJ playing the auto-harp (or whatever the hell that was!), I'm lost...and you know Grace Potter ain't gonna cut it.

Courtney's still knockin' about. Nobody's Daughter was a fine return imo.

Am I the only one who prefers 4-Track Demos over Rid of Me? Albini ruined Rid of Me with his quiet-loud production, turning up the volume to hear Polly's distant verse vocals is to risk complaints from the neighbours when the chorus hits. She was probably disappointed herself because the official release of the Demos came after.

Glindathegood said:

Cerebus said:

She's great, but it annoys me that she tries to not be famous and accessable. She had a serious taste of it at one time and has been running away from it ever since.

I'm not sure about that. She's not a total recluse. She does do interviews to promote her records and performs on tv shows like Jay Leno and David Letterman. She doesn't totally hide from the media, but she does refuse to talk about her personal life and wants to just talk about her music and art which I find very admirable.

I was strictly referring to her career arc from the beginning through To Bring You My Love, as well as how she's handled her career (and artistic choices) since that album was released. Her personal life, or that of any other artist, holds no interest for me.

elmer said:

sextonseven said:

Nice. PJ hasn't released a bad album yet. Every one I think is at least very good.

Even Uh Huh Her?

She's my favorite female artist of the nineties, but I can't muster much enthusiasm for her work of the last decade.

When I said every album, I meant every album.

MendesCity said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Phooey on all this complaining about PJ Harvey!

Loved White Chalk, especially the show. Thanks to a certain God I saw the first WC performance

Let her be brash, let her be subdued, let her be weird, just let her be.

I just miss my female rock chicks. With Sleater Kinney broken up and PJ playing the auto-harp (or whatever the hell that was!), I'm lost...and you know Grace Potter ain't gonna cut it.

What about The Dead Weather?

elmer said:

MendesCity said:

I just miss my female rock chicks. With Sleater Kinney broken up and PJ playing the auto-harp (or whatever the hell that was!), I'm lost...and you know Grace Potter ain't gonna cut it.

Courtney's still knockin' about. Nobody's Daughter was a fine return imo.

Am I the only one who prefers 4-Track Demos over Rid of Me? Albini ruined Rid of Me with his quiet-loud production, turning up the volume to hear Polly's distant verse vocals is to risk complaints from the neighbours when the chorus hits. She was probably disappointed herself because the official release of the Demos came after.

I miss the female rock chicks too! Nobody's Daughter had its moments but it was nowhere close to Live Through This and Celebrity Skin. Plus, Courntey's voice is so trashed now. There have been some rumors that Garbage is coming back, but nothing definite. I love Shirley!

But if there was a new female artist that came out with great rock songs, it would be huge because there's a big gap in the market there. I like some dance music, but I'm tired of all the electronics that totally dominate the charts now. We need a balance between live instruments/rock with all the dance electronics.

Glindathegood said:

elmer said:

Courtney's still knockin' about. Nobody's Daughter was a fine return imo.

Am I the only one who prefers 4-Track Demos over Rid of Me? Albini ruined Rid of Me with his quiet-loud production, turning up the volume to hear Polly's distant verse vocals is to risk complaints from the neighbours when the chorus hits. She was probably disappointed herself because the official release of the Demos came after.

I miss the female rock chicks too! Nobody's Daughter had its moments but it was nowhere close to Live Through This and Celebrity Skin. Plus, Courntey's voice is so trashed now. There have been some rumors that Garbage is coming back, but nothing definite. I love Shirley!

But if there was a new female artist that came out with great rock songs, it would be huge because there's a big gap in the market there. I like some dance music, but I'm tired of all the electronics that totally dominate the charts now. We need a balance between live instruments/rock with all the dance electronics.

Let England Shake track listing:

01 Let England Shake
02 The Last Living Rose
03 The Glorious Land
04 The Words That Maketh Murder
05 All and Everyone
06 On Battleship Hill
07 England
08 In the Dark Places
09 Bitter Branches
10 Hanging in the Wire
11 Written on the Forehead
12 The Colour of the Earth

[Edited 12/1/10 5:50am]