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The piano: not just the instrument PJ Harvey has embraced in earnest on her latest opus-- the haunting White Chalk-- but also the upcoming second single from said album.

"The Piano"-- which, amusingly, is a song played on guitar and zither-- drops on UK audiences November 26 via Island/Universal in digital and limited edition 7" formats. Polly's past and present collide on this release, which comes backed with "Heaven", a tune she wrote and recorded way back in 1988.

That's a solid 20 years before 2008, the year in which Harvey will head Down Under for a spate of February shows. She'll first, however, close out 2007 with a pair of upcoming gigs in Paris and Dublin.

And if you haven't already done so, do check out Harvey's musings on the 88 keys-- which she calls "enormously freeing"-- and many other matters in her interview with Pitchfork's Amanda Petrusich.

Peej:

11-16 Paris, France - Grand Rex
12-19 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia Theatre
02-13 Auckland, New Zealand - Civic Theatre
02-15 Sydney, Australia - Opera House
02-17 Brisbane, Australia - Concert Hall
02-20 Melbourne, Australia - Hamer Hall
02-22 Perth, Australia - Concert Hall