WHITE CHALK

'''White Chalk''' is the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey. It is slated for release on September 24, 2007 in the UK and September 25, 2007 in the US.^[1][2]
Work on the album started in 2006, with producer Flood and John Parish, who also worked on her ''To Bring You My Love'' and ''Is This Desire?'' albums. Other collaborators on ''White Chalk'' are Eric Drew Feldman and Jim White from the Dirty Three. ^[3]
It was announced on www.pjharvey.net that the first single to be released from ''White Chalk'' would be "When Under Ether". The single is scheduled to premiere on Nemone's show on BBC 6 Music August 1 at 1 pm local time. The website also gave "When Under Ether" a tentative release date for 17 September. ^{[4] [5]}

Contents

Style

Track listing

References

Style

For this album Harvey has moved away from alternative rock and recorded a set of songs for piano, despite her lack of expertise on the instrument. In an interview in ''The Wire'' she explained "the great thing about learning a new instrument from scratch is that it...liberates your imagination."
As well as this, she sings in a higher register than usual, at a pitch outside her normal range.
Lyrically, however, Harvey has stuck to the dark, moody themes typical of much of her music.^[6]

Track listing

On July 10, 2007, the website Drowned in Sound reported the track listing to be as follows:
#"The Devil"
#"Dear Darkness"
#"Grow Grow Grow"
#"When Under Ether"
#"White Chalk"
#"Broken Harp"
#"Silence"
#"To Talk To You"
#"The Piano"
#"Before Departure"
#"The Mountain"

References

1. White Chalk Play.com
2. PJ Harvey Goes Into The 'White' On New Album Jonathan Cohen
3. PJ Harvey to return with new album ''NME.com'' 07-02-2007, Retrieved on 07-07-07
4. When Under Ether – UK Radio Exclusive -- PJHarvey.net
5. PJ Harvey Sets Street Date for 'When Under Ether'
6. Stubbs, D. "Return of the Native" in ''The Wire'' 283 (September 2007), p.34