Let England Shake ( PJ Harvey )
You might know this one from Polly’s performance on The Andrew Marr Show earlier this year, which you can watch below. Now though, the Four Lads ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)’ sample has been scrapped (“It actually became something that was drawing the song back rather than letting it become its own living entity, so we got rid of that in the end,” Polly explained), and what sounds like a hollow music box salvaged from a decrepit carousel mimics that song’s melody instead.
• Let England Shake• The Last Living Rose
• The Glorious Land
• The Words That Maketh Murder
• All And Everyone
• On Battleship Hill
• England
• In The Dark Places
• Bitter Branches
• Hanging In The Wire
• Written On The Forehead
• The Colour Of The Earth
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