Hey, I know everyone else has known PJ Harvey is awesome for a long time... sorry to be late for the party, but I can't help but trip over my own tongue to sing scream the praises of PJ Harvey and her new anti-war album Let England Shake. Yes, her, she in the Victorian get-up and veil, clutching an autoharp, she has made one of the most important relevant explosive albums of the year....
Video of "Last Living Rose" at The Guardian's studios here...
In addition to the album, we have 2 b-sides worth listening to:
Download "The Big Guns Called Me Back Again" here (b-side to "The Words That Maketh Murder"
Download "The Nightingale" here (iTunes UK bonus track)
And.... ambitious?? Or what>
She has made videos for every song on the album! And not just video videos.... real artsy movies, like.... a collection of short films, actually....
"These! These! These are the Words!...
The Words that Maketh Murder!"
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat,
Blown and shot out beyond belief.
Arms and legs were in the trees.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
coming from an unearthly place,
Longing to see a woman's face,
Instead of the words that gather pace,
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
Murder...
These, these, these are the words-
The words that maketh murder.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen a corporal whose nerves were shot
Climbing behind the fierce, gone sun,
I've seen flies swarming everyone,
Soldiers fell like lumps of meat.
These are the words, the words are these.
Death lingering, stunk,
Flies swarming everyone,
Over the whole summit peak,
Flesh quivering in the heat.
This was something else again.
I fear it cannot explain.
The words that make, the words that make
Murder.
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
P.J. Harvey on Tour with "Let England Shake":
Video of "Last Living Rose" at The Guardian's studios here...
In addition to the album, we have 2 b-sides worth listening to:
Download "The Big Guns Called Me Back Again" here (b-side to "The Words That Maketh Murder"
Download "The Nightingale" here (iTunes UK bonus track)
And.... ambitious?? Or what>
She has made videos for every song on the album! And not just video videos.... real artsy movies, like.... a collection of short films, actually....
The Words that Maketh Murder!"
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat,
Blown and shot out beyond belief.
Arms and legs were in the trees.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
coming from an unearthly place,
Longing to see a woman's face,
Instead of the words that gather pace,
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
The words that maketh murder.
These, these, these are the words -
Murder...
These, these, these are the words-
The words that maketh murder.
I've seen and done things I want to forget;
I've seen a corporal whose nerves were shot
Climbing behind the fierce, gone sun,
I've seen flies swarming everyone,
Soldiers fell like lumps of meat.
These are the words, the words are these.
Death lingering, stunk,
Flies swarming everyone,
Over the whole summit peak,
Flesh quivering in the heat.
This was something else again.
I fear it cannot explain.
The words that make, the words that make
Murder.
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
P.J. Harvey on Tour with "Let England Shake":
May 25th
Lisbon, Aula Magna
SOLD OUT
May 26th
Lisbon, Aula Magna
SOLD OUT
May 28
Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona
May 30th
Amsterdam, Paradiso
SOLD OUT
May 31st
Amsterdam, Paradiso
SOLD OUT
June 30
Roskilde Festival, Denmark
July 2nd
Werchter Festival Werchter, Belgium
July 3rd
Arras, France - The Main Square Festival
July 6th
Ferrara, Italy - Piazza Castello
July 15th
Musilac Festival - Aix-Les-Bain, France
July 23rd
London, The Alexandra Palace
Special Guest @ Portishead/All Tomorrows Parties Event
September 2nd
Electric Picnic Festival - Stradbally, Ireland
September 10th
Bestival Isle of Wight
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