PJ Harvey – The Last Living Rose, by Mike Hughes

[Do English people write and express themselves better than Americans, Australians, Canadians or anyone, really, because they invented the language, forcing us to continue playing “catch up” after all the centuries? Below is Englander Mike Hughes on PJ Harvey. – EPB]

“God damn Europeans, take me back to beautiful England” – LOL at PJ being playfully provocative (I think)
This is Seamus Murphy’s video for The Last Living Rose, one of the first couple of tracks to be heard from new album ‘Let England Shake’. As usual with Polly, these are vastly different from anything I can think of before from her. Whisper it – I found White Chalk a bit meh compared to say SFTCSFTS or even Uh Huh Her, but these really feel like they have legs. Legs that need licking?

Mike Hughes is the writer, photographer and host of Catshoegazing, a lively, intelligent and discerning music blog.