is everyone looking forward to a swingin rock song today? good, thats the answer i was hoping for. today were taking a listen to a track by a couple of music vets who have been around for quite some time now — pj harvey and john parish. they recently released their second collaboration album entitled “a woman a man walked by”. and by recently i mean in early 2009. their last collaborative album, “dance hall at louse point” was released waaaay back in 1996. and theyve both done tons of stuff in between that time. such as pjs 2006 album white chalk, which i kind of love, because its mostly piano ballads and is really haunting. listen to the track “when under ether” if you need any evidence of this.

todays track “black hearted love” is really interesting for a couple of reasons. first of all, even though it was just released, its kind of a much older song. as the story goes, pj recently uncovered a demo of the song from their 1996 “dance hall at louse point” sessions. she got so excited about it that she contacted john parish and thats how the topic came up of the two recording another album together. and im pretty glad that happened because i love this song. maintaining the theme of subtle contrast, pay close attention to the vocals in this song. while the music is really swaying and slinky, pjs vocals are extremely annunciated. i especially like the way she pronounces “rapture” in this song. kind of like “raptyour”. which im sure is probably the proper way to say it anyway, but i just really like the difference between the vocals and the lyrics. so if youre in the mood for a straight up rock song, please enjoy.

pj harvey & john parish – black hearted love

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