PJ Harvey's seventh album 'Uh Huh Her' – the follow up to 2001's Mercury Prize-winning 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea' – will be released by Island Records on the 31st May 2004, 8th June in the US. The album will be preceded by single 'The Letter', out 17th May.

After a summer of live dates - including appearances at the V Festival, the Eden Project and the first rock concert at Tate Modern – Harvey finished work on the new record in the autumn of 2003. The album was written, performed, recorded, mixed & produced by Harvey, who chose Head to assist in additional recording and mixing and Rob Ellis, long time collaborator, to play drums and percussion on the album. Multi-instrumentalist, Harvey, played everything else.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

1.The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth
2.Shame
3.Who The Fuck?
4.The Pocket Knife
5.The Letter
6.The Slow Drug
7.No Child of Mine
8.Cat on the Wall
9.You Come Through
10.It's You
11.The End
12.The Desperate Kingdom of Love
13.The Darker Days of Me & Him

Harvey will be making a series of European festival appearances this summer, including a mainstage slot at Glastonbury and T in the Park. European dates include a solo show at Le Zenith, Paris and a headline appearance at the Primavera Festival, Barcelona, with more dates to be announced.

New Single
We can confirm that 'The Letter', the new single from PJ Harvey, will be released by Island Records UK on 17th May.
Written, performed and produced by PJ Harvey, with percussion by Rob Ellis, 'The Letter' is the first single to be taken from PJ Harvey's forthcoming album 'Uh Huh Her', which is due for release on May 31st and the follow up to 2000's Mercury Prize-winning 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'.

'The Letter' will be released on 2xCD and 7", with three new tracks:
CD1: 'The Letter'/'The Falling'
CD2: 'The Letter'/'The Phone Song'/'Bows and Arrows'
7": 'The Letter'/'Bows and Arrows'.

Latest News

21st April 2004
P J Harvey Set To Perform At Splendour In The Grass Festival In Byron Bay, Australia
It looks like P J Harvey will be making a return visit to Australia this July to appear at the Splendour In The Grass Festival in Byron Bay. Exact details are yet to be confirmed but we'll update you as soon as we have the information.
Tickets for the event will go on-sale on May 7th and all festival information is available from www.splendourinthegrass.com

20th April 2004
P J Harvey US Dates Announced
Hot off the presses is news that P J Harvey has just confirmed that she will join the Lollapalooza tour as a special guest for a handful of dates in August. Exact dates and cities to be confirmed in the very near future. Harvey will join Morrissey & Sonic Youth on the main-stage of this US festival tour.
Stay tuned for more information

20th April 2004
PJ Harvey: New single
We can confirm that 'The Letter', the new single from PJ Harvey, will be released by Island Records UK on 17th May.
Written, performed and produced by PJ Harvey, with percussion by Rob Ellis, 'The Letter' is the first single to be taken from PJ Harvey's forthcoming album 'Uh Huh Her', which is due for release on May 31st and the follow up to 2000's Mercury Prize-winning 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'.

'The Letter' will be released on 2xCD and 7", with three new tracks:
CD1: 'The Letter'/'The Falling'
CD2: 'The Letter'/'The Phone Song'/'Bows and Arrows'
7": 'The Letter'/'Bows and Arrows'.

Thank you for posting that. I love Polly Jean.

I named both of my cats after her!

One is Polly Jean
One is Harvey



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[This message was edited Sat Apr 24 12:24:57 2004 by SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy]

GangstaFam said:

Great news

Thank you for the detailed news.The Tracklist and the release date were posted by me here a few weeks ago but that didn´t seem to raise much interest .
Hmmmmm.....

She is one of my favorite artists.What strikes me about the new tracklist is the more than half of the songs begin with "The". Did she hear too many "The" Bands?

I know a lot of people were lost with her delving into electronica but I wasn't. I LOVED the mixture of electronic and organic elements. However, this sounds like it might rock. I'm ready for it. This woman can't release enough music as far as I'm concerned.

And in preperation, I'm listening to the B-Sides and guest spots someone sent me

i love p j. this is great news! man, i can hardly wait. no pun intended. anyone remember i can hardly wait? yeah, juliette lewis covered p j's song in the film strange days. i go back with p j & even named one of my dogs polly jean after her. long live ms. harvey!!! thank you for that useful info!!!

the lady harvey is baaaaack!!! bow down mother fuckers-bow down!!!!

i just checke dthe new single on her site...it's a grower but i'm thrilled to no end that we finally have some new pj harvey. she's my goddess!!!!

AWESOME!

I just have to say...Lollapalooza is sounding pretty damn tempting this year!

I love PJ, but I find "The Letter" to be a little dull.

I'm going 2 C PJ harvey on the same stage as Bowie in July...this
boy is very excited...

Martinelli said:

YOU BITCH!!!!

JUST KIDDING I TOTALLY ENVY YOOO!!! have fun and tell us all about it.

has anyone heard the new stuff --IT ROOOOLZ!!! my pj's baaack. it's everything i love about her work- dark, beautiful a little menacing in parts and fucking brilliant!!!!

it's up on her web site [url http://pjharvey.net/player/]
[This message was edited Sat Jun 5 13:19:02 2004 by wavesofbliss]

i have it already and it's ok. not as up as the last album but it kinda reminds of her usual stuff.

When i first heard the new album i was a little disappointed but it is slowly growing on me now. I really like the last 5 tracks especially "Its you".
But I still think that the songwriting this time is not as fresh or interesting as before on fantastic albums like "To bring you my love", "Is this desire?" or her best album "Stories.....".
I think the artwork and the title "uh huh her" are not really masterpieces this time. Also its quite a short album at only 41 minutes.

*****

The Lovely Miss Harvey will be performing tonite on Letterman!!!


that is, 6-7-04 (hmmmm, why is that date so familiar?)


*****


-peaceternALL

jazzvibrator said:

DAMN!!!!!

did anyone catch this performance? she tore it up & looked sickingly beautiful doing so!!!
love the new DO.

the killer was, she wore Bill Murray's "yellow rubber cleaning gloves" during her song. he had them on during his interview in the previous segment. part of his "Zany Attire."

DAMN!!!!!

OH MY GOD, this is my shit right now!

I'm so into it I can't even write a wellthoughtout response yet.

If you're even vaguely intrigued by her, get this fucking album!!!

GangstaFam said:

hey gangsta

Yeah her performance was good.....but as far as her Cd I'm not likin' it as much as her others....so far. I guess I need to give it some time,since I just got it.

I´d say start with "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea". It is her most commercial work but in her case thats not a bad thing.There is not one bad song on it and Thom Yorke from Radiohead appears on it too.
After that I would buy "To bring you my love".Some say it is one of the best records of the 90s .

Christopher said:

Hey Chris

GangstaFam said:

I finally heard 1 track from this today on the local college radio station....something about a cat, so of course I liked it

This album is a grower for me. Unlike Desire and Stories, I wasn't bowled over completely by the album on first listen. But the More I listen to Uh Huh, the more I'm loving it.

It sounds demoish in spots and some of the album is predictably her but other spots shine like the sun.

Life and death of Mr. Badmouth - I think this track is outstanding. Definitely the best of the predictable tracks. But I love the different elements in the song that counter any predictability. The combination of the instrument at 1:02 and the simultaneous backround vox add a lot to this song as it repeats throughout. Definitely one of my favorites.

Shame - I thought it was interesting that she used the same drum programming from Kamikazee. Gave it a different feel.

Who The Fuck - Not sure what I think about this one. I love aggressive PJ and I loved the way some of the Desert Sessions sounded like she recorded it in a cave or a bathroom but the way in which this was recorded kinda detracts from it a bit for me. This song kinda lacks compared to some older tracks like Rid of Me, Legs or 2 Bring U My Love. I think this will grow on me. I really do like the ending.

Pocket Knife-Didn't like this on first listen. Not at all. However as I'm listening to the album I really am appreciating this song, especially in conjunction with The Letter.

Letter-Another predictable track but I like it much better in combination with the other tracks. I wasn't too sure about it as a single. Works better with the other tracks IMO.

Slow Drug-I LOVE THIS SONG! WOW!!!!! I think this is my favorite song. There is magic in this song. So simple but it hits like a hurricane. The way in which she found her strength in subtletly is what made me love Desire and Stories so much. There is no doubt that she has a killer voice. Her voice can be like a runaway train and I love the instanity she creates with it. However when she's toned down like this and focused, it just amazes me because she is JUST as powerful when she comes on like a quiet storm. I.....love.....this.....song!

No Child of Mine - I wish this were longer.

Cat on the Wall - This is my least favorite track. It kinda just meanders along without a solid purpose.

You Come Through - I really love this song. Kinda reminds me of something Bjork would do.

It's You - Kinda Bland.

End - I do like that she included snippets of little instrumentals.

Desperate Kingdom of Love - Hands down my other favorite on this album. I'm really tied between this song and Slow Drug as my favorite. I really couldn't choose which one I love more. Another brilliant example of her subtle strength. She really bolws me over with tracks like this.

Darker Days of Me & Him - I really expected something musically different from the song based on the title. I guess this song accomplishes what it set out to do. When i listen to it, it leaves me feeling kinda empty and hollow. I don't like that this song is the last track. I think that I might just switch this somewhere else in the line up when I make my CD copy.

Overall I'm really very pleased with it. I don't think it's as strong or cohesive as Desire or Stories but there is enough to chew on to keep me satisfied. I can't wait for the B-Sides to roll out on this one.

jackflash said:

This is simply an evil question. No one album encompasses all that this woman is on an artistic level.

I would have to recommend "Dance Hall at Louse Point". She captures a lot of variation on that album that will help someone to accept any direction she went in on any of the other albums. "Is this Desire" is still my favorite and for me, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea is practically on equal par as "Desire". This album has some incredible songs on it. Don't sleep on this shit.

PJ Harvey rules! She can't release enough music as far as I'm concerned

Dry and Rid of Me are my personal favorites. The B-sides to To Bring You My Love are good too...IMO.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Hate to be anal, but Kamikazee was live drums, not programmed.

you know, i'm a big loser. i love pj harvey and have heard a ton of her work. sadly, i confess, i own nothing. just whatever is on mix discs/tapes. guess i need to visit the wrecka stow!