Friday, March 12, 2010

PJ Harvey - Plants and Rags

Sort of a natural progression from yesterday's post. Unlike most of the rest of Dry, this one could almost be a gentle ballad - it has those foundations anyway, though they're very quickly run over by dischordant violins and Polly Jean's typically creepy lyrics. You don't really hear this song mentioned when people are talking about great PJ Harvey tunes but it's probably my favourite.

I've always heard a bit of this in the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" too - something about the structure. Maybe that's just me though.

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