Video: PJ Harvey: "Grow Grow Grow" (Live on "Esprits Libres")
With PJ Harvey so busy appearing all over Europe to promote her forthcoming White Chalk, is it any wonder the album's release date got pushed back? We showed you Harvey's possessed performance of new song "The Mountain" for Norwegian radio a couple of weeks ago. More recently, Polly Jean showed up on French television show "Esprits Libres" to play "Grow Grow Grow", another song from the new album. Unlike "The Mountain" and single "When Under Ether", where Harvey tries her hand at piano, the latest tune features her strumming the autoharp (!). It still has those piercing upper-register howls, as Harvey sings not only about roses and oaks but also about a child asking a mother how to grow. Is that an owl over her shoulder? (via Spinner)
[original track from White Chalk; due 10/02/07 on Island]