7.
PJ Harvey – Dry
I remember first hearing this at a used clothing store where a friend
of mine worked in town, and just being like “What the hell is this?
This is so good.” I got it on cassette and listened to it in my truck
over and over and over again. I love her. She’s one of the greats. If
you were to pick three or five of the most respectable, serious,
focused musicians with great integrity, she’d be up there with Neil
Young – she’s a great example of an artist really committing to it and
trying to make something good. Bjork is another one. I guess I picked
that record because it’s the first one I heard, but everything she’s
done since I’ve always loved. Around the time she made Rid Of Me, she did these four-track sessions. It’s like Diamanda Galás disturbing,
really raw, just her singing and wailing and guitar. Rid Of Me is hard
edge, raw – one of the great Albini records, but that four-track shit
is challenging and intense.
