The ministry of social affairs - PJ Harvey

The ministry of social affairs - PJ Harvey

Not being in love (yet) with PJ's new album, I found this song ringing in my mind for a short while yesterday (or was it today?) and I think it really works well with the environment I am surrounded by: in the end it's PJ Harvey, and what is more British than her? Rain, wind and cold. Yep, that's exactly what I'm talking about, what I've found here in Riga. Besides a potentially quite nice city, if only I got the chance to see it with a hint of a blue sky in the background. Maybe next time, if there's gonna be a next time. Let's just roll with the music for now!

The community of hope - PJ Harvey

The community of hope - PJ Harvey

One of the... well, probably THE most anticipated 2016 album (by me) was for sure PJ's new work, which was actually supposed to be released last year. Five years after her last work, 'Let England shake', which I didn't immediately fall in love with but which has grown a lot inside of me over the years, I was expecting something special. PJ is usually an artist who, over the course of her career, has made consecutive albums that were often quite different from one another, so I was quite surprised to listen to 'The hope six demolition project' and to find out that it sounded like 'Let England Shake' 2. I haven't been particularly positively struck by it for now, but given that it really sounds similar to its predecessor, especially in terms of sounds and concept, I am waiting for it to walk the same path. In the meanwhile, this is the second single (if such things still exists) released off it, which I have started to greatly enjoy lately! I hope you like it too!

All and everyone - PJ Harvey

I was writing PJ Harvey's bio+discography for my "Singers profiles" album on the Facebook page of the blog (check it out here!) and I just realised I still didn't post any PJ song on the blog, shame on me! Now, the problem was, what to choose among the huge amount of great music she wrote, produced and sang? Big problem. Well, problem solved. I'm gonna pick a song that lately has been particularly significant to me, I don't know why yet, but hopefully I'll find out soon enough! All and everyone is featured on her last album, Let England shake, and refers back to the Battle for Gallipoli (wikipedia here). You can find more info about the inspiration for the song here.