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But seriously, it kind of made my day to hear PJ say she liked Gaga. I love them both... for very different reasons, obviously.

The glorious Neko Case tweeted this earlier this evening:

Lovin the new PJ Harvey. She sounds like she's home. Everywhere. Very inspiring.

http://twitter.com/#!/NekoCase/status/50383391195013120

I don't believe this interview with The Globe and Mail has been posted yet?

T he dogs of war run freely through PJ Harvey’s recent Let England Shake, an album-long meditation on the sights, sounds and psychological aftermath of at least a century’s worth of armed conflict. The 41-year-old English ...

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Pitchfork's "Let England Shake" review is currently the most read review on the site.



I'm so happy to see this record get so much exposure. Much deserved. People really seem to be liking it and talking about it.

Pitchfork Review
Score: 8.8 [rated Best New Music]

"The West's asleep," PJ Harvey declares on the first line of her new album, Let England Shake, before spending the next 40 minutes aiming to shame, frighten, and agitate it into action. When Polly Jean Harvey burst into the public consciousness ...

It's hard for me to fairly rank the songs since the "new" songs are occupying more of my attention than the songs I've been listening to for the last month or longer.

That said, I know that "On Battleship Hill" and "England" rank among my favorite PJ songs of all time. I can't listen to them ...

(didn't see this one posted yet...sorry if I missed it!)

PJ Harvey - Takes Us Back To England
By Peter Zimmerman
February 07, 2011

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PJ Harvey is one of the few rare rock artists who has continued to make music that rivals, if not far exceeds, the strength of their early career work. Her ...

Nathan wrote:Stream of the album!!

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133495228 ... land-shake

Thank you so much. So happy right now! The tracks I had not yet heard in full are stunning so far...On Battleship Hill and England...OH MY GOD.

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Is there a way to get around this maddening Europe-only policy? I'd love to pay for the song and not download it when it'll be available, but for some reason I'm not allowed to do so.


I think 7digital.com does not have any location policy. I am from out of Europe but I bought from there. just 0 ...

White Chalk
To Bring You My Love / Is This Desire?
Uh Huh Her
Dry
Rid of Me
A Woman A Man Walked By
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Dance Hall at Louse Point
4-Track Demos

Didn't include Let England Shake, though it sounds like it's going to make a run for Top 3. And it goes without ...

No order:

The Dancer
My Beautiful Leah
The Desperate Kingdom of Love
The Slow Drug
I Think I'm a Mother
Silence
The Piano
To Bring You My Love
Big Exit
Harder
Oh My Lover
Dress
A Perfect Day Elise
Legs
Memphis
This Is Love
The River
Rid of Me
The Darker Days of Me and Him
The Devil

Like ...

PJ Harvey Talks New Album, Let England Shake
"The world that we live in is very brutal, and I wanted to be honest about that."

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/pjharv452.jpg

Throughout a career that's lasted over 20 years, PJ Harvey has remained restless, always jumping from one ...