4/16/09

April

PJ Harvey & John Parish review by; Jacob Campbell...watch/listen via Transafixion... The two have an exceptional new release out called A Woman A Man Walked By. It’s their first collaborative album together since their equally strong Dance Hall at Louse Point from 1996. This clip, performed in Austin during SXSW last month, really got the hairs on the arm standing. From a directing standpoint, the camera movement is so perfectly and devastatingly simple I’d almost call it art with the moment it catches. Then you have miss Harvey, a confident enough singer to revel in the poorness, the awkwardness of one’s voice. When the clouds momentarily part and she lets out… well, you get the impression a part of her has left the building.