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Post by busyboy on Jul 2, 2007 8:33:17 GMT -5
PJ Harvey to return with new albumSinger readies 'White Chalk' for September PJ Harvey is to release a new album later this year. The singer's seventh studio album 'White Chalk' will come out on September 24. Harvey began work on the follow-up to 2004's 'Uh Huh Her', last year with producer Flood and John Parish, who also worked on her 'To Bring You My Love' and 'Is This Desire?' albums in 1995 and 1998 respectively. The new album also features the singer's long term collaborators Eric Drew Feldman and Jim White from The Dirty Three. Harvey is set to showcase new material from 'White Chalk' during her sold-out appearance at Bridgewater Hall on July 7 as part of the Manchester International Festival.
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Post by Roman Candle on Jul 7, 2007 16:59:53 GMT -5
im excited...
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Post by MikeCheck12 on Jul 7, 2007 17:01:43 GMT -5
I love PJ!
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Post by busyboy on Jul 11, 2007 12:14:37 GMT -5
Track listing is in... PJ Harvey reveals new album tracklisting'White Chalk' takes shape PJ Harvey has revealed the tracklisting for her new album 'White Chalk'. The singer will release her first album since 2004's 'Uh Huh Her' on September 24. The tracklisting is: 'The Devil' 'Dear Darkness' 'Grow Grow Grow' 'When Under Ether' 'White Chalk' 'Broken Harp' 'Silence' 'To Talk To You' 'The Piano' 'Before Departure' 'The Mountain' Her sole London gig on September 29 at London's Royal Festival Hall sold out this morning in two hours. As previously reported, Harvey debuted songs from the album at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Saturday (July 7). |
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Post by busyboy on Jul 26, 2007 11:58:03 GMT -5
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Post by busyboy on Aug 2, 2007 17:48:57 GMT -5
"When Under Ether" is out, after being played on BBC 6 Radio a couple of days ago.
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Post by busyboy on Aug 15, 2007 5:58:46 GMT -5
PJ Harvey announces one-off show
Singer to play day her new album comes outPJ Harvey is to play a live show on the day her new album 'White Chalk' is released. The solo star will play Bristol Colston Hall on September 24. Tickets go onsale on Thursday (August 16) at 10am. To check ticket availability and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/GIGS, now. 'White Chalk' is preceded by a single, 'When Under Ether', on September 17. She also follows up the Bristol date with a performance at London's Royal Festival Hall on September 29, which has long since sold out.
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Post by banet2001 on Aug 15, 2007 13:05:17 GMT -5
Hopefully PJ will have some US dates before the end of the year.
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Post by busyboy on Aug 15, 2007 17:17:15 GMT -5
PJ Harvey Reveals U.S. Release Date, New SingleAs anticipation runs high for PJ Harvey's forthcoming eighth LP, White Chalk, Polly Jean's finally dispensing with more juicy bits. First up: A U.S. release date: September 25, the day after it drops in the UK, on Island. Second, she's added a single tour date-- at Bristol, England's Colston Hall on the day of White Chalk's UK release. And third, the single for "When Under Ether" drops September 17 in the UK. Available on 7" or straight to the hard drive, the spare, somber "When Under Ether" comes backed by the previously unheard B-side "Wait", one of Harvey's first-ever recordings from 1988. How are the youth of today expected to look relevant when this maverick's been lacing dope cuts since we were in kindergarten? I ask you. Go PJ (that's my PJ): 09-24 Bristol, England - Colston Hall 09-29 London, England - Royal Festival Hall
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Post by busyboy on Sept 6, 2007 8:43:03 GMT -5
Leaked.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 6, 2007 14:41:47 GMT -5
To say I'm shocked by her new direction is an understatement, this album is pretty hard to digest for me. There are signs of beauty though, so I'll try and stick by it.
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Post by MikeCheck12 on Sept 9, 2007 10:05:09 GMT -5
Interesting. Can't wait to hear this
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Post by oscillations. on Sept 9, 2007 14:22:58 GMT -5
I like how after a summer-long drought in good music, all these releases start flying at me in September. Not cool. I wish they'd space it out a bit, so I could spend all my money on luxury handbags & shoes (my priority du jour). It is, of course, the frenzied dawn of Fall 2007.
Can someone describe this album for me?
I don't even have time to download leaks or listen to music on the computer anymore. I'm never home these days.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 9, 2007 17:33:48 GMT -5
I would define the sound as 'chamber pop', of course with all of her quirkiness still there. She forgot about guitars and put out an album filled with piano driven songs. Her vocal range is actually higher than usual, and that's the thing that I find more difficult to absorb.
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Post by banet2001 on Sept 10, 2007 10:34:06 GMT -5
I have not heard the entire album yet. I have only heard When Under Ether, which is a lovely track. It is good to challenge yourself artistically to make new and fresh sounding material, rather than relying on old and tired formulas. I am looking forward to the release of White Chalk.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 14, 2007 10:23:21 GMT -5
Stereogum's Premature Evaluation: PJ Harvey - White ChalkWe posted "When Under Either" a month ago, mentioning our surprise at the understated, "wonderfully strange" choice for a first single. Turns out it's just about the loudest moment on White Chalk, P.J. Harvey's captivating eighth full-length, her first studio recording since 2004's Uh Huh Her. Some people excel at higher volumes, stumble a bit when there's no distortion to fall back upon. Then there are folks like Polly Jean Harvey who do both with such seeming ease, continually rewriting their own oeuvre in the process. Relying mostly on solo piano, percussion, and her voice pitched to an airy strain (no snarls or growls), Harvey navigates the listener through 11 songs in just over 30 minutes. The collection, spare but fleshed out with understated accents, was recorded in London and co-produced with Flood and longtime collaborator John Parish. Additional sounds are provided by keyboardist/bassist Eric Drew Feldman and the Dirty Three/Cat Power drummer Jim White (wait, is it his chalk? ... who knows, but his drums are pitch-perfect throughout). Harvey, of course, stays front and center, casting a surprisingly fragile (but elastic, powerful) vocal presence: "Grown Grow Grom" blusters back 'n' forth from a ghostly chain gang to jaunty harpsichord classicism; the a cappella opening of "Broken Harp" -- "Please, don't reproach me for, for how empty my life has become" -- is followed by the dry plucks of what sounds like a broken harp buttressed by slight distant horns. The absolutely gorgeous title track is an underwater, pastoral echo ballad (white chalk sticking to her shoes, a shaker consistent background noise) that opens to one of the record's more baroque moments (harmonica, drums, piano, etc). "Dear Darkness" casts a slight, whispered male/female duet against a classical backing mini-choir. "Piano" casts goosebumps. Anyone hear some Fleetwood Mac in "Silence"? Earlier we mentioned Harvey remaining at a low, high-pitched level throughout. Well, on "The Mountain," all the trees are dying and, singing about betrayal, she wails banshee/Diamanda Galas-style over piano trills to close out the album. It's a fairly startling exit after the rest of the whispered shadow play. We're currently unpacking the lyrics, but as mentioned when we posted "When Under Ether," there tends to be this focus on sickbeds, unborn/"unblessed" children disappearing in ether, bloody hands, memory. Then come those decaying trees plus teeth smashed with hammers, "ghostly fingers," discordant families, and folks with hands around lovers' throats. We're still digging in, so why not join us in putting on those earphones and starting your own investigation: White Chalk will certainly reward extra-close listens. Beautiful stuff. White Chalk is out 9/25 on Island. 
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Post by busyboy on Sept 14, 2007 17:24:34 GMT -5
Pushed back a week to October 2.
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Post by busyboy on Sept 26, 2007 9:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by busyboy on Sept 30, 2007 12:51:01 GMT -5
White Chalk debuts at #11 in the UK, while "When Under Ether" failed to make the Top 100 singles there.
Peak positions for her previous albums:
April 1992: Dry Too Pure (#11)
May 1993: Rid Of Me (#3)
October 1993: 4-Track Demos (#19)
March 1995: To Bring You My Love (#12)
October 1998: Is This Desire (#17)
November 2000: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (#23)
June 2004: Uh Huh Her (#12)
November 2006: The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 (#121)
October 2007: White Chalk (#11)
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 30, 2007 17:47:00 GMT -5
Billboard:
ARTIST: PJ HARVEY
ALBUM: WHITE CHALK (Island Records)
PJ Harvey unstraps her guitar, sits down at a piano and completely reinvents her sound, creating a quiet masterpiece in the process. Seven proper albums into her career, she confronts less directly many of the themes that have defined her work -- sex, love, betrayal -- and instead focuses on what's left after all the damage has been done: an "empty" and "insignificant" life. This is no warm nostalgia trip down memory lane, but rather an offering to those the narrator has lost, either literally or figuratively, so she may ask "forgiveness." Essentially one long suicide note, the concept likely would have failed in less accomplished hands. But Harvey's mostly bare arrangements, stark vocal delivery and razor-sharp lyrics add up to a poignant, haunting rumination on what makes -- and breaks -- a life.
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Post by busyboy on Oct 2, 2007 12:57:44 GMT -5
Out today in the US!
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Post by reception on Oct 2, 2007 16:02:06 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Oct 16, 2007 8:30:49 GMT -5
10/20 chart
65 NEW HARVEY*P.J. WHITE CHALK 13,330 121 999 13,451
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Post by busyboy on Nov 6, 2007 8:34:27 GMT -5
PJ Harvey Preps "Piano" Single, Plays ShowsThe piano: not just the instrument PJ Harvey has embraced in earnest on her latest opus-- the haunting White Chalk-- but also the upcoming second single from said album. "The Piano"-- which, amusingly, is a song played on guitar and zither-- drops on UK audiences November 26 via Island/Universal in digital and limited edition 7" formats. Polly's past and present collide on this release, which comes backed with "Heaven", a tune she wrote and recorded way back in 1988. That's a solid 20 years before 2008, the year in which Harvey will head Down Under for a spate of February shows. She'll first, however, close out 2007 with a pair of upcoming gigs in Paris and Dublin. And if you haven't already done so, do check out Harvey's musings on the 88 keys-- which she calls "enormously freeing"-- and many other matters in her interview with Pitchfork's Amanda Petrusich. Peej: 11-16 Paris, France - Grand Rex 12-19 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre 02-13 Auckland, New Zealand - Civic Theatre 02-15 Sydney, Australia - Opera House 02-17 Brisbane, Australia - Concert Hall 02-20 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall 02-22 Perth, Australia - Concert Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitchfork interview at the link: www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/46455-interview-pj-harvey
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Post by busyboy on Nov 11, 2007 18:56:18 GMT -5
From Ask Billboard:
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Post by busyboy on Feb 15, 2008 12:21:32 GMT -5
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Post by busyboy on Jul 4, 2010 6:37:07 GMT -5
Her next (solo) album is currently scheduled for UK release on October 18th.
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Post by Carlitoz on Jul 9, 2010 13:04:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the news, TAGT!!
She's amazing!
(you may want to start a new topic for this album and leave this current one for its original topic which was White Chalk for future better reference of each album and its discussion separately. Just an idea.... ) Thanks anyway! I can't wait to hear her new material. Hopefully this time I'm lucky enough to see her in concert if she goes on tour.
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Post by Mic Technique on Jul 9, 2010 18:25:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the news, TAGT!! |
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Post by Mic Technique on Dec 3, 2010 3:41:15 GMT -5
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