The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

“may be PJ Harvey, but we’re not sure”

For god’s sake. Put in a tape player and listen to it.

“barely knew how to play an instrument” — ugh.

The other day PJH’s team posted some of those not-quite-positive reviews on her Instagram story. I thought that was funny.

I noticed Polly and Queens are on the same bill at a festival next year.

The 9th fret.

I genuinely wish that when she comes to the US for touring next year, she comes alone, as she did for White Chalk. Much cheaper for her! And more entertaining for me!

I can't work out how to just post the image, but you all need to see this!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy3LzapIG9Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Whaaat

https://i.postimg.cc/1tWvTkC6/396131803-18315925030109906-5138986123914647297-n.jpg [/spoiler]

“With my hair I’ll mop ...

Thank you, revenire, for the Vulture interview. Personally, I would have asked “Do you know which guitars you’ll be playing on this tour?” rather than “Do you have an outfit planned?” but PJ Harvey fans (and journalists) have their own priorities.

But at least we get this quote, which should put ...

I’m practically ecstatic to learn that she played “Man-Size”, my favorite song by her (and my favorite song by anyone in general). Hopefully it stays in the set list if/when (surely it’s a matter of ‘when’) they come to the US. Caught a few video snippets online (YouTube and Twitter/X) of a couple ...

One thing we should not do, lest we relish the thought of eating crow, is predict the end of her recording career or her touring days, as some have done.

How delightful it’s been to see her return, even if I don’t love this album.

It’s because most journalists who write about music don’t actually make music themselves, they just like it. And they write about stuff for a living. And somewhere in the chain-of-command, a directive is issued to make nearly every piece about a musician a “human interest” story, so that people who ...

I somewhat get the impression that her own personal political opinions are perhaps not committee-approved and she’d like to avoid taking on criticism for them. Though she doesn’t have any problem mentioning her love of that devil Ricky Gervais, so fair play to her for that!

Guessing she won’t be ...

Yes, it’s been a good run. She clearly is not going to be making any new music or promoting it or touring for it. I agree, she is retired from touring and is now a full-time poet. Anyone else have any last words?

I’m sure other dates (including N America) will be announced later. This is just the first run. I imagine it’ll ultimately be a formidable touring effort to promote the album, not just a small run of dates confined to the UK and Europe, and certainly not just a handful of ‘secret shows’ that regular ...

I see the album credits have been reprinted in the Uncut magazine review of the album. Polly is listed first as producer. Why have other outlets and even the literature from the record label (see the credits on the official videos on YouTube) omitted Polly from the ‘Produced by’ credits? So ...