E! On-line 29-9-98 PJ Harvey Is This Desire? Though she hasnt lost her nervy edge, Harvey has tempered her haunted and haunting post-punk take on blues into a rich and brooding musical landscape thats inhabited by the same demons who lurk in Nick Caves neck of the woods. The gruff urgency of Joy twists with a blend of longing and irony that recalls Caves opus, From Her to Eternity. The more earnest yearning of A Perfect Day Elise is reminiscent of U2 in its Rattle & Hum days, only Harvey shrewdly eschews the bombast that beleaguered Bono and company. Harvey ultimately answers her own musical question with the unclouded passion weve come to expect from her. |