PJ Harvey is back with I Inside the Old Year Dying, her first album since 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project. Listen to the project below.
Harvey recorded I Inside the Old Year Dying at London’s Battery Studio with longtime collaborator John Parish and producer Flood. Marking her 10th studio album to date, the artist ascribed a sort of pensive feeling to the LP while citing the likes of Jonny Greenwood, Mica Levi, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and — of course — Bob Dylan as musical influences.
“I think the album is about searching, looking — the intensity of first love, and seeking meaning,” Harvey said in a statement. “Not that there has to be a message, but the feeling I get from the record is one of love — it’s tinged with sadness and loss, but it’s loving. I think that’s what makes it feel so welcoming: so open.”
Harvey will support the project with a run of UK and European tour dates; grab tickets to a show here.
Before returning with new music, Harvey released a a career-spanning box set full of B-Sides, Demos & Rarities. She also teamed with Tim Phillips to score the 2022 Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters.
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I Inside the Old Year Dying Tracklist:
01. Prayer at the Gate
02. Autumn Term
03. Lwonesome Tonight
04. Seem an I
05. The Nether-edge
06. I Inside the Old Year Dying
07. All Souls
08. A Child’s Question, August
09. I Inside the Old I Dying
10. August
11. A Child’s Question, July
12. A Noiseless Noise
