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(Just seen it feature on another forum, apologies!)

Probably worth mentioning for anyone that missed it, an exert from the interview was broadcast on an otherwise woeful Radio 4 program which is still available on iPlayer:

A really interesting event. As someone who found the effect of The Hollow of the Hand muted by the austerity of the language (which at times I felt reduced her observations to banality), it's great to see her being so stylistically adventurous. Also great to see her interviewed at length!

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pj-harvey/2016/falconer-salen-frederiksberg-denmark-23fd04db.html

Don't know how much you can trust this site, but it says they also played " The Last Living Rose ", and excluded " Medicinals " with " When Under Ether " (I really liked both of these live versions ...

But the fact what soviet soldiers freed the whole Europe is a lot less known (and please don't tell me about Normandy landings and stuff).

sanvean wrote "all countries who engage in war have a small group of soldiers who commit atrocities", but when western people speak about Russians they only ...

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 ...

So I'm pretty sure these are all right now, except the Waiting for the Moment line. Can't quite get it.


Guilty

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There's a little figure
On the television
Scratching at the ground
By a pile of rags
Grainy little figures
On the television screens
Waiting at the moment ...