Pj Harvey White Chalk CD

Polly Jean samarbeider med gamle kjenninger som Flood og John Parish, men ellers er det lite ved White Chalk som minner om klassisk PJ Harvey. Hun sier selv: "If I had any musical direction, it was more of a 'non-direction' - my only goal being not to repeat myself and hopefully not to sound like anything else. I was trying not to use techniques which I have used before, to make a song work.There seems little point to me these days, in making something, unless it is 'new'. There is too much music in the world to just add more of the same, or more of what has already been done better. I wanted to make a new sound that I hadn't heard before. A new kind of music." Denne nye musikken er sparsommelig, ofte fokusert rundt et nakent piano og en bristeferdig falsett. De rocka gitarene tones ned. Isteden fr du melodier som smyger seg innp, sakte, sakte, og etter hvert avslrer en ny srbarhet hos Harvey. En srbarhet som er enda vondere og vakrere enn noe selv Uh Huh Her, hennes deprimerte og frustrerte 2004-utgivelse, kunne by p.Tracklist01. The Devil02. Dear Darkness03. Grow Grow Grow04. When Under Ether05. White Chalk06. Broken Harp07. Silence08. To Talk To You09. The Piano10. Before Departure11. The Mountain