The acclaimed singer-songwriter’s new LP is due for a spring 2016 release.
PJ Harvey has unveiled a teaser for her new album. Harvey recorded the as yet untitled album in public sessions as part of an open museum exhibition in London. Out next spring, Harvey’s new LP will be her first since the Mercury Award winning Let England Shake, which was released in 2011. Let England Shake was met with immense critical acclaim from critics and fans alike.
“Francis Ford Coppola can lay claim to the war movie. Ernest Hemingway the war novel. Polly Jean Harvey, a 41-year-old from Dorset, has claimed the war album.” – Mike Williams, NME
In creating the album, Harvey travelled to places like Kosovo and Afghanistan, before returning to London. Along the way, Harvey debuted a number of new tracks, including ‘The Orange Monkey’, ‘River Anacostia’, and ‘Homo Sappy Blues’.
Watch PJ Harvey’s new album teaser below.