PJ Harvey
To Bring You My Love

 

   PJ Harvey actually reminds me a bit of Sleater-Kinney: they've both got that terrifying intensity, but Harvey works more in the blues vein, whereas S-K are solidly planted in rock 'n' roll. Listening to her songs at times can be like feeling you're sinking down further and further into a well, realizing about halfway down that there's no way back up. "To Bring You My Love"'s chanted chorus digs deeper into you with each repetition, and "Down By The Water" might be the most frightening song I've ever heard. (The cover photo seems awfully appropriate with all that drowning imagery, doesn't it?)

    Track listing:
  1. To Bring You My Love
  2. Meet Ze Monsta
  3. Working For The Man
  4. C'Mon Billy
  5. Teclo
  6. Long Snake Moan
  7. Down By The Water
  8. I Think I'm A Mother
  9. Send His Love To Me
  10. The Dancer