The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

The sound was unbelievable, the sax just hits you head on. Most the songs sounded better live - epicsally river anacostia.

Its not like she's giving us duck lips and posting her lunch or addressing her haters. I agree, get a grip. I personally like her Instagram, she doesnt even say anything. Its likely just her management posting pics that she has approved. As for Selfies, the entire booklet of Uh Huh Her was "selfies ...

So glad we have this song, Ive been curious. I wouldn't have mind if the whole album was like this lol. I still rate Hope Six like an 8.25. But if all the songs were this good it would have been a ten. I feel like the lyrics are more effective and original and mysterious, some of her best ever ...

Omg, she's doing the TBYML style dancing again. YAY! Her voice sounds wonderful.

I wanted to say River Anacostia, but thats the live version playing in my head. Gonna have to go with most people here, Ministry of Social Affairs is number one for me, then Line in the Sand and Dollar Dollar/

Honestly I am glad they are just ignoring that stupid criticism. Listening to smart, constructive criticism is a good idea. Ignoring ignorant dogma is a better idea. You cant worry what every idiot out there's knee jerk reaction will be to something that actually says something.

How do y'all think the versions of RA compare. Ive honestly deleted the studio version from my computer and will only listen to the live version. It makes me sad. But I do like every other song. On the flip side I like Dollar Dollar a whole lot more on the album. Like her voice more on the live ...

Darn, I really feel like River Anacostia is not as good as it could be. Im just glad we have the live version, because to me its 10 times better. It just reminds me of a carnival, the studio version. The carnival like organ, and the guitar line that comes in at about 1:30 sounds like a rollercoaster ...

The vocal melody at the very end is taken from Egyptian Reggae.

I really like how this guy puts it. Its called empathy people. Artists tend to have it, not sure about "rock journalists"

In order to discredit Harvey, they accuse her of exploiting her subjects, especially in Washington, D.C. Dan Weiss at SPIN writes that “the listener is forced to contend with ...

wtf is wrong with stereo gum? Where do they get their writers? Whilst this review, or whatever it is, is one of the stupidest things I've seen this week, I do agree with his opinion on LES( the song). The lyrics are really strong, but its like the most grating nursery rhyme ever to me. The only ...

It doesn't hurt that a line in the sand and the glorious land both have five syllables and rhyme with each other lol. I don't know which song I like more, I really like the bass in glorious land, I really like her voice in line in the sand/
just had a thought today
does ministry of defense kind of ...

The most noticevaly out of tune part in the song is right before she sings, a small red sun makes way for night and the male voices are singing wade in the water. Its just distracting from the emotion of the song for me. The atonality works on Ministry of defense and ministry of social affairs to me ...

The one song Im not too keen on is surprising because it was the one i expected to love. The out of tune voices on River Anacostia are bothering me. I wish there was a way I could just mute that part of the song lol. But I like Chain of Keys more after repeated listens, more so than the live version ...

She could be very particular with interviews, tell the interviewers beforehand what questions not to ask. Maybe the documentary will have her answering some questions. I mean, by now interviewers know pretty much to not ask about her personal life.
Ive got an issue with the Bsides though, because ...