PJ Harvey has one of the best voices in music industry - iconic. I've been a fan of her voice since I first heard her single 'Down by The Water' in the mid-90s. I'll be honest though, loved her voice, but never connected too much with her other songs or albums, however, 15 years gone to present day and bam in love with the song, 'The Colour of the Earth' off her latest album, Let England Shake, which is currently out now, so you should totally buy it. So I started researching this album and hearing other songs off this album and enjoying them. Has a very folk sound to it, which would make sense as to why I'm loving the songs. But as it turns out, Let England Shake is a concept album and she asked award winning war photographer Seamus Murphy to direct videos for every song on this album. You can see several videos, on PJ Harvey's website, http://pjharvey.net/home.asp under film. All videos contain report footage around England and of Harvey herself. For, 'The Colour of the Earth', it opens with Harvey and her band singing a cappella, which i'm a huge fan of - if anyone can pull that off...wow. Listen to the words -- they purposely go a cappella for over a minute so there are no distractions and you can listen to them and once in a while you will hear the wind blowing through - very poignant. I hope you enjoy the song and the video and make sure to watch the other videos on her website.
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