![]() It will be greeted as her least-loved album in quite a while (as I write this, the earliest reviews are just rolling in). What this album occasionally lacks is a consummate sense of purpose on par with the immensity of its topics. ![]() ![]() Partially because its one of the first PJ Harvey songs I ever heard (maybe you did too, it was on Beavis and Butthead), and partially because its Polly Jean at her most potent. Truth be told, I dont listen to it very often anymore its too draining. Theres icy-cool trip hop (Working For The Man), industrial blues stomp (Meet Ze Monsta), orchestral-acoustic shuffle (Send His Love To Me), none of it campy or half-baked. Pj Harvey A Woman A Man Walked By Rar Trial Blues Stomp It has a gothic Victorian edge thats remarkably convincing for an album recorded by a 37-year-old in 2007. Harvey herself has characterized it as a very, very difficult, difficult record to make and one that was borne out of a particularly difficult time in my life. That its there waiting, for when you need to douse hair with gasoline, set it light and set it free. ![]() She soundtracked the fury and malaise of 90s third-wave feminism. Harvey didnt have Island covering the bill or Albini manning the boards. To Bring You My Love is a dizzying coming-out party for Harveys varied and flamboyant personas. Pj Harvey A Woman A Man Walked By Rar Trial Blues Stomp. ![]()
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