Review: PJ HARVEY Let England Shake

To generalize PJ Harvey into one particular scope of music is sheer ignorant. Just comparing this eight album to the previous is enough to proof. Previous album was piano-driven while this one is more alternative-rock oriented. 4 years in between the two albums with an approximately two years in the making is sure to exert new ideas. In the case of PJ Harvey, it is natural.

The album starts with an upbeat Let England Shape albeit the melancholy lyrics. The she goes shaky and ska-ish with The Last Rose and retain that motion with The Glorious Land which sound like a continuation of melody from the former. Up on the fourth track did she change her melody although the presence of woodwind instruments make it stick to the whole flow of the album. The next two songs are really 60s in feel, perhaps the laid back electric hum makes the vinyl feel.


I'll play this CD on sad but quiet depressive nights. Feeling sorry about things that is happening around us today.

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