Any PJ Harvey Fans on Here?

[HeltorChasca]

I’ve got to 46 and somehow this intriguing musician has largely escaped my attention. Some of her stuff is utterly awesome.

Any album recommendations to start me off on my slippery slope of discovery?


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[Mr Larrington]

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is probably the canonical album.

[Jakob]

My neighbour used to play drums in her band!

[Ian H]

My neighbour used to play drums in her band!

Did she mind?

[T42]

Dunno about the PJ but Harvey is brilliant.

[Karla]

Let England Shake is good.  Especially the Brexit song 

[citoyen]

I’ve got to 46 and somehow this intriguing musician has largely escaped my attention.

Blimey.

I’ve been a massive fan since her first single (Dress) came out in 1991 and I still think she sounds fresh and exciting. Pretty much everything she has ever done has been awesome, but her early stuff still has a special place in my heart. 50ft Queenie still makes me smile every time I hear it. She was like an English feminist answer to Nirvana in those days, raw and furious, but also incredibly talented as a songwriter. She has refined and developed her writing over the years to become perhaps more “interesting”, and more broadly political, but it’s the visceral edge of her early stuff that I like best.

[HeltorChasca]

Just cut the lawn to: To Bring You My Love and Let England Shake. Her albums are good value over on iTunes.

Loving it. Still don’t know how she slipped through the net.

I really appreciate your ideas upthread. What’s her crack? Political, folky, arty? I know nothing about her.


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[Ian H]

Just cut the lawn to: To Bring You My Love and Let England Shake. Her albums are good value over on iTunes.

Loving it. Still don’t know how she slipped through the net.

I really appreciate your ideas upthread. What’s her crack? Political, folky, arty? I know nothing about her.


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She's a Yeovil lass.  I'm sure being born & brought up there would give anyone a different perspective.

[The Family Cyclist]

I think I'm right in thinking she's the only double Mercury winner

[ian]

Dirty pillows!

(actually, I think that comes from Carrie)

[citoyen]

Steve Lamacq is currently playing the whole of PJ Harvey's Let England Shake for his Album Club feature on 6music.

[HeltorChasca]

Steve Lamacq is currently playing the whole of PJ Harvey's Let England Shake for his Album Club feature on 6music.

Thank you.


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[mattc]

There was  clip of her on the recent Glasto retrospective coverage. Possibly 2000? She had the definitive strutting rock-chick force-of-nature thing totally nailed. She's like the love-child of Patti Smith and Kate Bush.

I've never bought/played an album, but I admit her stuff has appeal ... I've always adored the "big fish little fish" song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbq4G1TjKYg

EDIT: like a gold button shining in the dirt, sometimes Youtube has amazing comments threads (usually a good indication of some worthwhile content). Here's the top-rated:

The Vicious Chicken of Bristol - 5 years ago
My favourite song about drowning children.

[andrewc]

I've got  most of her stuff,  been a fan since I first saw her on "Later" in 1993  playing stuff from "Rid Of Me".  I then saw her play at Manchester Academy in '95.  That was the only time I've seen her live,  she seemed to jump straight to the big stadium & festival circuit after that.

[Ruthie]

White Chalk for me. Followed by Stories

[Ruthie]

Written on the Forehead is an outstanding work of literary art actually and imbued with much contemporary significance