Artist: PJ Harvey
Since coming to the forefront of British Alternative Rock in the early 1990s, PJ Harvey has taken on a number of different guises, ranging from screaming banshee of her early work to the Rock 'n' Roll queen that appeared on the Mercury Prize winning album 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.' Her latest release 'Let England Shake' finds Harvey at the hight of her song writing, as she tackles the subject of the blood, mess and waste of war.
PJ Harvey first came to prominence in 1992 with her raw and powerful début album 'Dry'. The album is still see as a cornerstone of the 1990's "women in rock" movement. Dry is the sound of bluesy riffs played with punk-rock energy suddenly crash to a hush, while Harvey's desperate wails become fatigued moans. Harvey followed 'Dry' with the awkward harshness of 'Rid Of Me'. Produced by Steve Albini, 'Rid Of Me' is Harvey most hard-hitting record to date, with songs such as 50ft Queenie and the title track providing angst ridden rawness.
1995 saw the release of the more commercial sounding 'To Bring You My Love', an album that saw Harvey strip away the angst of her first two albums. 'To Bring You My Love' filled with dirty blues riffs is a far more confident album then its predecessors. Harvey's next album the under-rated 'Is This Desire?', saw Harvey experiment with her sound, using elements of electronica and spoken word vocals.
PJ Harvey's commercial breakthrough came in 2000 with the release of 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.' With its Hi-Fi, glossy production and massive choruses the album went on to sell over a million copies. Its follow up 'Uh Huh Her' saw Harvey return to her blues rock roots. while 2007's 'White Chalk' saw Harvey put down her guitar,and reaching for her piano and autoharp, as Harvey reconnected with the traditional folk of her Dorset childhood.
After two decades PJ Harvey remains Britain's most consistently brilliant songwriter.
James Shingler
What To Buy?
Genre: Alternative, Indie, Folk, Experimental Rock
Location:Dorset, England ,UK
Label Type: Major
Twitter: http://twitter.com/PJHarveyUK
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/pjharvey
Since coming to the forefront of British Alternative Rock in the early 1990s, PJ Harvey has taken on a number of different guises, ranging from screaming banshee of her early work to the Rock 'n' Roll queen that appeared on the Mercury Prize winning album 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.' Her latest release 'Let England Shake' finds Harvey at the hight of her song writing, as she tackles the subject of the blood, mess and waste of war.
PJ Harvey first came to prominence in 1992 with her raw and powerful début album 'Dry'. The album is still see as a cornerstone of the 1990's "women in rock" movement. Dry is the sound of bluesy riffs played with punk-rock energy suddenly crash to a hush, while Harvey's desperate wails become fatigued moans. Harvey followed 'Dry' with the awkward harshness of 'Rid Of Me'. Produced by Steve Albini, 'Rid Of Me' is Harvey most hard-hitting record to date, with songs such as 50ft Queenie and the title track providing angst ridden rawness.
1995 saw the release of the more commercial sounding 'To Bring You My Love', an album that saw Harvey strip away the angst of her first two albums. 'To Bring You My Love' filled with dirty blues riffs is a far more confident album then its predecessors. Harvey's next album the under-rated 'Is This Desire?', saw Harvey experiment with her sound, using elements of electronica and spoken word vocals.
PJ Harvey's commercial breakthrough came in 2000 with the release of 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea.' With its Hi-Fi, glossy production and massive choruses the album went on to sell over a million copies. Its follow up 'Uh Huh Her' saw Harvey return to her blues rock roots. while 2007's 'White Chalk' saw Harvey put down her guitar,and reaching for her piano and autoharp, as Harvey reconnected with the traditional folk of her Dorset childhood.
After two decades PJ Harvey remains Britain's most consistently brilliant songwriter.
James Shingler
What To Buy?
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| 1993 - Dry |
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| 1998 - Is This Desire? |
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| 2000 - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea |
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| 2007 - White Chalk |
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| 2011 - Let England Shake |
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