RECOMMENDED ALBUM: PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By

PJ Harvey & John Parish: A Woman A Man Walked By
Island Records
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1. "Black Hearted Love" – 4:40
2. "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" – 3:35
3. "Leaving California" – 3:56
4. "The Chair" – 2:29
5. "April" – 4:41
6. "A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go" – 4:47
7. "The Soldier" – 3:55
8. "Pig Will Not" – 3:50
9. "Passionless, Pointless" – 4:19
10. "Cracks in the Canvas" – 1:54

The follow-up to 1996's similarly challenging 'Dance Hall At Louse Point' is by turns poignant and confrontational. Once again, John Parish has crafted a diverse and unusual array of musical backdrops over which Polly's vocal performances are more cutting than any of her work since the mid 90's.

While the opening track (and lead single) 'Black Hearted Love' is fairly standard of the rockier tracks in the PJ Harvey oeuvre, the album develops into something of a theatrical psycho-drama with recurring characters and themes - drowning, grief and defiance. 'Pig Will Not' takes Baudelaire's 'The Rebel' to new extremes. There's more to say, but an album like this, full of twists, strange turns of phrase and thoroughly absorbing characterization is best experienced first-hand. A high point in a consistently creative artist's career.

PJ Harvey & John Parish announce UK/European tour

PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH ANNOUNCE UK & EUROPEAN TOUR!

PJ Harvey and John Parish will embark on a UK and European tour this April and May. The tour is in support of their second collaborative album 'A Woman A Man Walked By' which will be released by Island Records on March 30th The album has been described by journalist, John Harris, as "...mischievous, deadly serious, elegant and poetic, and possessed of a brutal power – it is doubtful that you will hear a record as brimming with creative brio and musical invention this year..."

Beginning in the UK on April 15th in Brighton, the pair will be backed by a band comprising of Eric Drew Feldman, Giovanni Ferrario and Jean-Marc Butty and will play seven shows across the UK, with a London show at the Shepherds Bush Empire on April 20th. They will then head to Europe for a string of dates; taking in Berlin, Paris & Milan along the way.

The show will feature music from both the forthcoming album as well as their first collaboration, 1996's 'Dance Hall At Louse Point'.

Tickets for all shows went on-sale at 9am Monday 19th January (with the exception of Oslo, which went on-sale on Wednesday 21st), full list of dates and ticketing info is below.

UK TOUR DATES: Wednesday April 15th – Corn Exchange, Brighton www.gigsandtours.com & 01273 709 709
Thursday April 16th – Regal, Oxford www.gigsandtours.com & 0871 2200 260
Saturday April 18th – Anson Rooms, Bristol www.gigsandtours.com & 0844 444 4400
Monday April 20th – Shepherds Bush Empire, London www.gigsandtours.com & 0844 477 2000
Wednesday April 22nd – Town Hall, Birmingham www.gigsandtours.com & 0121 780 3333
Friday April 24th – Ritz, Manchester www.gigsandtours.com & 0161 832 1111
Sunday April 26th – Queens Hall, Edinburgh www.gigsandtours.com & 0871 220 0260

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES:
Saturday May 2nd - Portugal, Porto - Casa Da Musica www.casadamusica.com & +351 220120200
Monday May 4th – Italy, Milan - Auditorium www.ticketone.it
Wednesday May 6th – Germany, Stuttgart - Theaterhaus www.tickets.de & +49 (0)69 - 944 36 60
Thursday May 7th – Germany, Berlin - Passionskirche www.tickets.de & +49 (0)69 - 944 36 60
Saturday May 9th – Sweden, Stockholm - Nalen www.nalen.com & 0771-47 70 70
Sunday May 10th – Norway, Oslo - Rockefeller www.rockefeller.no & +47 815 33 133
Monday May 11th – Denmark, Copenhagen Vega www.billetlugen.dk & +45 70 263 267
Wednesday May 13th – Holland, Amsterdam - Paradiso www.ticketservice.nl & + 31 20 6211288
Thursday May 14th – Belgium, Brussels - Ancienne Belgique www.abconcerts.be & +32 2 548 24 24
Sunday May 17th – France, Paris - Bataclan www.fnac.com & +33 1 41 57 32 28 www.ticketnet.fr & +33 1 46 91 57 57