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Polly Harvey has inhabited many characters throughout her 30-year career and always dressed the part: catsuit-rocking glam queen, high-collared Victorian wraith, mini-skirted libertine, feather-adorned warrior. Bringing the story told in her latest album, I Inside the Old Year Dying to the Tiny Desk, she stands at the microphone in a draped dress the wintry color of a gray alder tree, designed by her longtime costumier Todd Lynn. Its torn elegance perfectly suits the dual role she plays in these gently ferocious songs, which originated in her novel-in-verse, Orlam. As she lets loose her inimitable razor-sharp alto, she becomes both Ira-Abel, the child who, in the aftermath of an assault, merges with the forest around her Dorset, England, home, and of the bard whose verses keep that shepherd girl alive after her vanishing.
Harvey keeps her gestures minimal as she sets her scenes and speaks through them. Matching her voice to those of her trusted collaborators John Parish and James Johnston as they invoke the forest's ghosts ā the "chalky children of evermore" ā she lets the fecund imagery of her lyrics resonate. At times the crowd seems stunned into silence; after her lament for Ira-Abel, "A Noiseless Noise," concludes with the notes from her acoustic and Parish's electric guitar intertwining, she coolly waits out a gap before the applause and hoots of appreciation arrive.
This is where Harvey lives as a fully realized artist: on her own artistic plane, inviting listeners to take their time to fully join her. Ending with the heart-rendingly lonesome title track from 2007's White Chalk, she connects Ira-Abel's story to her lifelong project of expressiing women's solitude, pain and resistance. Exploring how human boundaries can shatter, reassert themselves or be rendered irrelevant, these songs create a contained space that echoes far beyond itself.
SET LIST
"I Inside the Old I Dying"
"A Noiseless Noise"
"A Child's Question, August"
"I Inside the Old Year Dying"
"White Chalk"
MUSICIANS
PJ Harvey: vocals, acoustic guitar
James Johnston: keys, acoustic guitar, violin, vocals
John Parish: electric guitar, drums, vocals
TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Robin Hilton, Bob Boilen
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Engineer: Josh RogosinĀ
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame
Audio Assistant: Ted Mebane
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Catie Dull
Tiny Desk Team: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel CillsĀ
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Nov 17, 2023 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
It's so crazy to be 44 and have loved this singer and band since 1995. My teenage self had a awesome taste in music
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Never thought I'd see her do a Tiny Desk. What a gift!
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ten days after this aired, i received a package in the mail, i sent her a letter not expecting her to reply. She had sent me a signed Orlam and a little note. i am very grateful for her generosity, and my love for her grows everyday.
edit: i will not share the address i wrote on the envelope, as it is not for me to share and i would not be comfortable doing so.
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English people should be immensely proud of her. She is a keeper of a kind of lore that is somehow ancient and new all in the same moment.
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PJ's magnetism at a tiny desk is just as strong as it is on a big stage. the performance environment doesn't make her, she is the environment. this is outstanding !
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Polly has like a 1000 faces and a 1000 characters, but is always authentic. Love her music for about 30 years now.
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PJ Harvey is one of the most underappreciated artists in music. Sheryl Crow just got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In my opinion, PJ Harvey should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well.
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Such an honour to be named after this spectacular woman. Sheās sounding sensational as always here. Saw her live last month and it was one of the most unreal gigs Iāve ever been to.
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I love how she enunciates every word in "White Chalk." She clearly wants the audience to understand what she wrote and is singing.
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This is olde English folk music but not as we know it. PJ is always surprising, always searching. Love it.
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There is so much trouble in the world at present, and yet it is in this very world that PJ Harvey creates and shares her art. There is always something that merits gratitude in this life.
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Always lovely to see John Parish behind Polly, and James Johnston as well - a genuine treat.
And finishing on White Chalk, a greatly under-rated album, one of her best.
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Tiny Desk is just stunning. Better every year. I donāt think there has been a concert I havenāt enjoyed. And many are absolute treasures.
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The completely calm conviction in how she presents herself and her performance always catches me off guard - I find I never question her motivation or music. I just feel grateful and enjoy it :)
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I will admit to not having kept up with her output in recent years, and watching this was a timely reminder of how great her talent is, and how much she continues to raise the bar.
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Man she looks great ! š
She hasn't aged a day! I've been listening to her since the 90s. Sounds amazing too! šš¼
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Sheās pretty much a goldmine of the music industry.
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I have to just say I'm over 60 years old and have never listened to PJ Harvey (Apologies) This is BEAUTIFUL I'm hypnotised and regretful !!!!!!!Thank you.
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