wnyc.org: "Since recording her debut in 1992 as PJ Harvey, the English singer-songwriter and guitarist Polly Jean Harvey has recorded an eclectic string of albums, no two of which sound the same. Her latest is called “Let England Shake.” It’s an epic, if unsettling affair about the wars fought by her native country – and their casualties. Harvey joins us to talk about the album." Read on at www.wnyc.org
npr.org: "PJ Harvey's eighth album, out on Feb. 15, finds the singer turning her gaze outward, toward the political situation in her homeland of England. The topics are as bleak and violent as they were on her most lacerating work, but this time the subjects are soldiers falling in battle ("like lumps of meat") and landscapes that have been torn up, both physically and spiritually. Much of Let England Shake feels like an elegy for not just her homeland, but also the entire world; the bitterness behind the title of "This Glorious Land" is underlined by words like, "Our lands are plowed by tanks and feet, feet marching."
- Stream the whole release at http://www.npr.org/2011/02/06/133495228/first-listen-pj-harvey-let-england-shake?ft=1&f=98679384
- PJ Harvey interview on http://thequietus.com/articles/05520-pj-harvey-interview-let-england-shake
- Order Let England Shake from amazon.de or amazon.com
drs.ch: "Keine Wiederholungen, kein Zurückgreifen auf bewährte Erfolgsrezepte: Diese Ansicht vertritt PJ Harvey auch auf der neuen CD «A Woman A Man Walked By», die sie mit ihrem langjährigen musikalischen Wegbegleiter John Parish eingespielt hat." Das Feature runterladen
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