Album
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2000Rock · Music · Adult Alternative · Pop
The shape-shifting rocker finds herself in New York.
Tracks
- 13:51
- 23:20
- 33:42
- 43:13
- 53:59
- 63:57
- 73:55
- 83:19
- 92:23
- 103:44
- 115:36
- 126:07
About this album
PJ Harvey’s fifth album opens with “Big Exit”, a strutting rocker that plants the shape-shifting English singer’s flag amidst early-’00s New York’s grungy downtown clubs. Stories explores Harvey’s softer side, but her approach to rock on this tightly wound, yet open-hearted collection is no less commanding; she melds twisted riffs and pummelling drums with wide-eyed lyrics. “Good Fortune” unspools its love story through city snapshots and singsong verses, while the simmering “This Mess We’re In” commingles Harvey’s moan with Thom Yorke’s yowl.