Album: White Chalk (2007)
Lyrics excerpt:
Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea
Where I walked
(Our unborn child in me)
White chalk
(Poor scattered land)
Scratch my palms
There's blood on my hands
Reasons to love this song:
For some reason I don't quite understand now, it took me very long to learn to like PJ Harvey. White Chalk came up randomly on an online radio station I was listening to, and it captivated me. It sounded ethereal, but at the same time ominous -- an impression that grew even stronger when I read the lyrics. I realised soon that the song that made me interested in PJ Harvey came from an album untypical for her -- she plays the piano instead of the guitar, and sings in a high-pitched voice unusual for her.
Pj Harvey has many great songs with dark subjects that would be perfect for a Halloween playlist. I chose this one because I prefer to be scared this way, in songs as well as in films and literature: with just a hint of something terrible having happened.
Link to Amazon preview:
White Chalk
YouTube link:
PJ Harvey performing White Chalk on on Later With Jools Holland in 2007, looking like a ghost from the Victorian era
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