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A Woman a Man Walked By

PJ Harvey & John Parish

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After the quiet, meditative piano ballads of White Chalk, one might expect PJ Harvey to strike back with something slightly more direct. But a few extroverted moments aside, she keeps her sound focused on the dream she’s imagining. John Parish has acted as both a band foil, playing co-producer and bandmate on her “solo” albums, and as a co-billed conspirator on 1996’s underrated Dance Hall at Louse Point, and here he adds his extra instrumental input to push Harvey further into the spotlight. “Black Hearted Love” begins things as the sort of melodramatic pop that Harvey plays with like a second nature. “Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen” whips up a gypsy chant with its acoustic emphasis. “Passionless, Pointless” sweeps into the ethereal supernatural space where Harvey’s voice defies gravity. “Daniel” is an eavesdropping into a mother’s psychic dislocation as a sense of loss overwhelms the moment. “Leaving California” swoops with a loopy sense of melody and Harvey’s near-mocking falsetto.

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Harvey's biggest misstep...

PJ Harvey is nothing less than consistent. Since her groundbreaking debut, Dry, hit stores back in 1992, Harvey has become the goddess of punk rock and female angst. She has released a string of brooding, highly styled, and masterful records that show she is as creative and engaging as she is pissed off. Her last release, White Chalk, was the pinnacle of her psychotic clandestine nature. Shrill, incredibly poignant, and surprisingly sparse, Harvey seemed to have created her fully realized opus. Her only weakness seems to make itself evident when she teams up with British musician and producer, John Parish. While he seems to remain harmless when he is behind the switchboard, it is only when he demands an album credit does he pollute Harvey's nearly unblemished track record. Their first collaboration, 1996's Dance Hall At Louse Point, was supported by a deceptively powerful single that was signature Harvey. The remaining tracks, unfortunately, were a mish-mash of Parish's ostentatious and purposely muddled melodies and Harvey's obviously superior lyrics. The result was an abhorrent collection of songs that failed to impress audiences and professionals, but apparently this duo did not take a hint. 2009's A Woman A Man Walked By finds these two artists taking themselves far too seriously. Led by another strong (but much more deceptive) single, Black Hearted Love, Harvey and Parish try to appear as if they have ironed out all of their idiosyncrasies and made a cohesive record. Unfortunately, Parish is still making harsh and obscure melodies that cause the ears to nearly bleed while Harvey's contributed lyrics make her seem like she needs to be institutionalized. Whether it's the Blair Witch-esque story of two girls getting brutally murdered in Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen, the purely scary, cuss filled utterance on the title track, or the nearly primitive screams and woofs on Pig Will Not, Harvey comes across as a deranged artist who has let her narcissism and ego take hold of her otherwise controlled affect. While many hail this as another brilliant chapter in the discography of PJ Harvey, it will become apparent years down the road that this is a serious flaw in her career. When she has 100% control over her records, she comes across as obsessively disciplined, intensely neurotic, and consistently flawless. It is only when she teams up with John Parish does her strong veneer seem to rapidly deteriorate to a point where she is but a mere shadow of her former artistic self. If both artists learn anything from this scattered disaster, is that Parish should stay behind the scenes and let Harvey's creative genius run wild and unimpeded.

very nice...

Saw PJ and John (and band) at SXSW earlier this month play a number of tracks from this album as well a few from the previous one. I always envision this PJ project as what a modern rock band would sound like back if they had modern rock during the civil war, and it's a good sound. Interestingly, they played their show dressed for the part. This is what Honest Abe would have listened to on his iPod...

vandy

well i am tipsy, and it sounds like an old friend.

Biography

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s

John Parish first hit public consciousness as a collaborator with PJ Harvey, co-producing and playing on To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire? While he subsequently staked out an enigmatic solo career, the tale of his rise in music is entwined with that of Harvey. Raised in Yeovil, England, Parish's first recording experience came with a new wave band called Thieves Like Us in 1980. Following that, he started the group Headless Horseman, which evolved into Automatic Dlamini, an experimental band...
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