PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder
Lately I can't get enough of the album Let England Shake by PJ Harvey but in particular this track because it speaks or rather screams to me in such a moving way that no other artist can convey.
The track is perfectly put together, gathering pace and momentum from the start and maintaining it throughout, around halfway the beautiful backing vocals arrive, staying for the duration and enhancing the song further and building up a masterful melody when the two vocals are mixed.
Suddenly I'm taken to a dark place, far beyond my imagination... and I like it... not the place, because it conjures up strong images of somewhere I wouldn't want to be but it's the fact that I'm taken there in my mind, partially against my will that I applaud, because no other artist has the power to do so in quite the same way but Peej manages it effortlessly.
'These, these, these are the words... the words that maketh murder'
Yes they are, and they stun me so...
9/10